The word illuminate 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.)

  • illuminate v. (Transitive) To shine light on something.
  • illuminate v. (Transitive) To decorate something with lights.
  • illuminate v. (Transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.

14 valid words from 3 definitions

CLARIFY DECORATE FIGURATIVE LIGHT LIGHTS MAKE ON OR SHINE SOMETHING TO TRANSITIVE UNDERSTANDABLE WITH

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

AT ATE ILL IN LUM LUMINA MI MINA NA NAT TE UM

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

AN ANI ET ETA LI MU MULL NIM TA TAN

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

ILLUMINATI ILLUMINATO

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

ILLUMINATED ILLUMINATES

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

UNILLUMINATED DISILLUMINATED DISILLUMINATES

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

DISILLUMINATE TRANSILLUMINATE

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

+D ILLUMINATED
+L MULTILINEAL
+R MULTILINEAR
+S ILLUMINATES

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

-A MULTILINE
-I MULTILANE

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

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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