ergot
NOUN
/ɜrgət/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH E
ergot is a valid 5-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1R1G2O1T1
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING
What does ergot mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid.
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2
A plant disease caused by the ergot fungus.
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