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Term: scourges

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scourges

Definitions

Noun

  1. A whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
  2. Something causing misery or death
  3. A person who inspires fear or dread

Verb

  1. Punish severely; excoriate
  2. Whip
  3. Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

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1 scourges 2 0

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# Word Syllables Freq
1 stages 2 51
2 senses 2 15
3 auspices 3 6
4 stitches 2 4
5 snatches 2 3
6 espouses 3 1
7 slashes 2 1
8 slouches 2 1
9 stooges 2 1
10 askers's 3 0
11 essex's 3 0
12 sachs's 2 0
13 saens's 2 0
14 saks's 2 0
15 scotches 2 0
16 sears's 2 0
17 sitzes 2 0
18 six's 2 0
19 sixes 2 0
20 smashes 2 0
21 smooches 2 0
22 sneezes 2 0
23 source's 2 0
24 sox's 2 0
25 soyuz's 3 0
26 spouse's 2 0
27 sturges 2 0
28 subs's 2 0
29 suez's 3 0
30 suisse's 2 0
31 swishes 2 0

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# Word Syllables Freq
1 sources 2 88
2 courses 2 61
3 courage 2 32
4 scores 1 15
5 discourage 3 9
6 surge 1 9
7 urges 2 8
8 scours 2 5
9 encourages 4 5
10 courageous 3 4
11 scoured 2 3
12 scourge 1 2
13 discourses 3 2
14 scoundrels 2 1
15 scourged 1 0
16 surges 2 0
17 discourages 4 0
18 sturges 2 0
19 secures 2 0
20 scorers 2 0

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Term

Definitions: 6

Fragments: 1

Sound Alikes: 31

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

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This Word in the News:

Bright Lights, Big Problem
Mar 19, 2026 New York Magazine
Weaning families from two modern scourges: screens and ultraprocessed foods
Mar 10, 2026 The Irish Times
Death Scourges
Jan 17, 2026 IGN Africa
The horror game Death Scourges will be released on Steam on March 5.
Jan 18, 2026 GameGPU
'Working-Class-Centered Politics' Is Key to Defeating 'Scourge of Authoritarianism': AOC in Munich
Feb 13, 2026 Common Dreams
Sea Spurge and other scourges
Mar 3, 2026 The Murray Valley Standard
Bondi Beach: The scourges of terrorism and antisemitism are shared, international challenges and need concerted and determined action to defeat them
Dec 14, 2025 The Board of Deputies of British Jews

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