What it means
- (verb) To become septic; to become rotten.
- (verb) To worsen, especially due to lack of attention. “Deal with the problem immediately; do not let it fester.”
- (verb) To cause to fester or rankle.
- (noun) The condition of something that festers.
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Letter analysis
- Festering contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Related words
Other 9-letter words
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- abasement
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- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
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- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
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Words starting with FES
- fest
- festal
- fester
- festered
- festers
- festival
- festivals
- festive
- festively
- festivities
- festivity
- festoon
- festooned
- festooning
- festoons
- fests
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Words ending with ING
Sub-words
- gentries
- integers
- steering
- entries
- fingers
- freeing
- fringes
- integer
- reefing
- refines
- regents
- resting
- snifter
- stinger
- treeing
- egrets
- enters
- entire
- feigns
- feints
- fester
- feting
- finest
- finger
- freest
- fringe
- genies
- genres
- greens
- greets
- griefs
- infers
- infest
- ingest
- insert
- inters
- refine
- refits
- regent
- reigns
- resent
- resign
- rifest
- seeing
- sifter
- signer
- signet
- singer
- strife
- string
- teeing
- tenser
- tigers
- tinges
- egret
- enter
- ester
- feign
- feint
Common questions
What does Festering mean?
To become septic; to become rotten.
How many letters are in Festering?
Festering has 9 letters.
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