Meaning
- (noun) An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
- (noun) The scabies.
- (noun) The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
- (noun) Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus).
- (noun) Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.
- (noun) Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots.
- (noun) (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
- (noun) A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
- (noun) A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker.
- (verb) To become covered by a scab or scabs.
- (verb) To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
- (verb) To remove part of a surface (from).
Letter breakdown
- Scabs contains 5 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 4 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 9.
Words from these letters
Connected words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
Words starting with SCA
- scab
- scabbard
- scabbards
- scabbed
- scabbier
- scabbiest
- scabbing
- scabby
- scabies
- scabrous
- scad
- scads
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- scaffolds
- scag
- scagged
- scags
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Words ending with ABS
Reader questions
What does Scabs mean?
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
How many letters are in Scabs?
Scabs has 5 letters.
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