Definitions For Plague

noun

  • An annoyance
  • Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
  • A swarm of insects that attack plants
  • 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
  • A large number of harmful or annoying things
  • A disease that causes death and that spreads quickly to a large number of people

verb

  • Annoy continually or chronically
  • Cause to suffer a blight
  • To cause constant or repeated trouble, illness, etc., for (someone or something)
  • To cause constant worry or distress to (someone)

Is Plague 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
9
Words with Friends
13

The word Plague is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Plague in a Sentence

  • The country was hit by a plague of natural disasters that year.
  • There has been a plague of bank robberies in the area.
  • A plague that swept through the tribe in the 1600s
  • Computer viruses plague Internet users.
  • Crime plagues the inner city.
  • Drought and wildfires continue to plague the area.

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