The word alight is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • alight v. (Transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.
  • alight v. (Intransitive).
  • alight v. To cast light on (something); to illuminate, to light up.

18 valid words from 3 definitions

ALLEVIATE ALSO CAST FIGURATIVELY HEAVY ILLUMINATE INTRANSITIVE LESS LIGHT LIGHTEN MAKE OBSOLETE ON RELIEVE SOMETHING TO TRANSITIVE UP

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AL LI LIG LIGHT

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

GI GILA LA

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ANIGHT ARIGHT BLIGHT FLIGHT PLIGHT SLIGHT

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

AIGHT LIGHT

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

ALRIGHT

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

ALIGHTS ALIGHTED ALIGHTING ALIGHTMENT ALIGHTMENTS

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

TEALIGHTS ULTRALIGHTS

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

TEALIGHT ULTRALIGHT

5 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+N HALTING LATHING
+O GOLIATH
+R ALRIGHT
+S ALIGHTS

7 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A LIGHT
-G LAITH LATHI THALI
-L AIGHT THAGI
-T LAIGH

Scrabble scoring

  • 10 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 3048 chance (0.03%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 14600 chance (0.01%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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