pyrexia
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of pyrexia
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Fever.
“The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing.”
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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)Fever.
“The least defined pyrexiae were the continued fevers, divided mainly into typhus, enteric (typhoid) and relapsing.”
- (countable, uncountable)Trench fever.
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Etymology
From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).
Words you can make from pyrexia
80 playable · top: EXPIRY (18 pts)
Best play expiry 18 points5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
22 words3-letter words
37 words- PYX 15 pts
- PAX 12 pts
- PIX 12 pts
- AXE 10 pts
- RAX 10 pts
- REX 10 pts
- PAY 8 pts
- PRY 8 pts
- PYA 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YAP 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- YIP 8 pts
- AYE 6 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYE 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YEA 6 pts
- YER 6 pts
- APE 5 pts
- PAR 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PER 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- RAP 5 pts
- REP 5 pts
- RIP 5 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
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