1noun
a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
01 Word definition
ergot
5 letters · 2 vowels · 3 consonants
Is ERGOT a word?
Yes. ERGOT is a 5-letter noun. a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus Check the official dictionary for your particular word game before playing it.
Correct spelling
E-R-G-O-THow do you spell ERGOT?
ERGOT contains 5 letters, begins with E, and ends with T.
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2noun
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
Synonyms
Source: Open English WordNet 2025 (CC BY 4.0) ↗Claviceps purpurea
02 Letter breakdown
How is ERGOT spelled?
E1R2G3O4T5
03 Word-game status
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How do you spell ERGOT?
ERGOT is spelled E-R-G-O-T. It contains 5 letters.