The word lighten 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.)

  • lighten v. (Transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
  • lighten v. (Intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
  • lighten v. (Intransitive, now rare) To flash lightning, to give off lightning.

16 valid words from 3 definitions

BECOME BRIGHTEN BRIGHTER CLEARER FLASH GIVE ILLUMINATE INTRANSITIVE LIGHTNING MAKE NOW OFF OR RARE TO TRANSITIVE

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

EN LI LIG LIGHT TE TEN

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

ET ETH GI NE NET

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

ENLIGHT

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

LIGHTED LIGHTER RIGHTEN TIGHTEN

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

LIGHTENS LIGHTENED LIGHTENER LIGHTENERS LIGHTENING LIGHTENINGS

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

ENLIGHTENS ENLIGHTENED ENLIGHTENER UNLIGHTENED ENLIGHTENERS ENLIGHTENING ENLIGHTENMENT UNENLIGHTENED ENLIGHTENINGLY ENLIGHTENMENTS UNENLIGHTENING

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ENLIGHTEN

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

+A ATHELING
+C LETCHING
+O HOTELING
+P PENLIGHT
+S ENLIGHTS LIGHTENS

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

-H ENGILT GENTIL TINGLE
-I LENGTH
-L HETING
-T HELING

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

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

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 32547 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 171549 chance.

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Categories without words

  • 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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