Definitions For Pest

noun

  • Any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
  • A persistently annoying person
  • Any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  • A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
  • An animal or insect that causes problems for people especially by damaging crops
  • A person who bothers or annoys other people

Is Pest a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
7

The word Pest is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Pest in a Sentence

  • These insects are pests for farmers.
  • Mice and other household pests
  • You're being a real pest. Would you leave us alone, please?

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