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 Plagues 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
10
Words with Friends
14

The word Plague is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 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.

Synonyms for Plague

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