Pestis
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
The bacterium Yersinia pestis, or the plague disease it causes, transmitted to humans via fleas from infected rodents.
“Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of pestis, devastated medieval European populations.”
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Ends in -IS, contains vowels E and I, P and S appear early in the word
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Valid technical term, all common tiles, the double S could extend hooks
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