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Updated June 2026
A person receiving or registered to receive medical treatment. As an adjective, it means able to accept delays or suffering without becoming annoyed.
“The patient waited calmly in the surgery for the doctor to call her name.”
/ˈpeɪʃənt/
pa·tient
Contains three vowels A, I, E with common consonants P, T, N, T
Worth 9 points; good distribution with valuable P for strategic placement
Shorter words formed from the letters in “patient”.
8-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “patient”.
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