Caseous

7 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Having a soft, white, cheese-like consistency, typically describing necrotic or diseased tissue in a pathological context.

“The biopsy revealed caseous material at the core of the pulmonary granuloma.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

ca·se·ous

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Synonyms

cheesycurd-like

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Five of seven letters are vowels A, E, O, U, an extremely vowel-heavy medical term rarely seen in puzzles

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points, superb for offloading four or five surplus vowels in a single highly efficient move

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Change a single letter of “caseous” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

gaseous

Words you can make from Caseous

Shorter words formed from the letters in “caseous”.

causes sauces scouse ascus assoc cases casse casus cause coses cosse cusso oases oecus ossea sauce scase scuse secos secus aces acus aesc asse

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