Scabs

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters

Definition of Scabs

noun

An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
The scabies.
The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
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).
Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies.

verb

To become covered by a scab or scabs.
To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
To remove part of a surface (from).
To act as a strikebreaker.
To beg (for), to cadge or bum.
"I scabbed some money off a friend."

Anagrams of Scabs

Words You Can Make

11 words can be made from the letters in "scabs":

4-LETTER WORDS

bass cabs sabs sacs scab

3-LETTER WORDS

abs ass bas cab sab sac

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "scabs" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

blacklegknobstickscalie

Rhyming Words

abcoulombs abs absorbs adsorbs adverbs albs aldicarbs antisnobs aplombs arbs ardebs backstabs bafflegabs baobabs barbs+5 more

Related Words

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