Aerobe
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
An organism, especially a bacterium, that requires oxygen to survive and carry out its metabolic processes.
“Unlike anaerobes, an aerobe cannot thrive in environments where free oxygen is absent.”
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aer·obe
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Starts AER-, ends in -OBE, B is the trickiest letter to place, four vowels in six letters
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Worth 8 points, B scores 3, hooks to AEROBES, useful scientific term in word games
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