Mortality
9 lettersnouncommonUpdated February 2026
Definition
The state of being subject to death, or the number of deaths in a given time or place. In statistics, mortality rate measures the frequency of deaths in a population, whilst philosophically it reflects human finitude.
“The mortality rate from the disease decreased with improved treatments.”
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Nine letters with -ITY ending; contains MORT- root meaning death
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Worth 14 points; common suffix and medical/statistical terminology
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