ENLIGHTENING
A 12-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble.
e 1 n 1 l 1 i 1 g 2 h 4 t 1 e 1 n 1 i 1 n 1 g 2
- Length
- 12
- Scrabble
- 17 pts
- Sorted letters
- eegghiilnnnt
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of ENLIGHTENING
- adjective
enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
“the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read”
Synonyms: edifying
- adjective
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
“an enlightening glimpse of government in action”
Synonyms: informative, illuminating
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within ENLIGHTENING
176 words can be made from any subset of the letters in ENLIGHTENING.
- lengthening 16
- lightening 15
- lightning 14
- enlighten 13
- gelignite 11
- negligent 11
- lighting 13
- neighing 13
- lengthen 12
- thinning 12
- engining 10
- gentling 10
- gleeting 10
- glinting 10
- tingeing 10
- tingling 10
- hinging 12
- nighing 12
- heeling 11
- heiling 11
- henting 11
- hilting 11
- hinting 11
- lighten 11
- nightie 11
- theelin 10
- gingeli 9
- ginning 9
- neglige 9
- tinging 9
- gentile 8
- lignite 8
- tinning 8
- lenient 7
- higgle 11
- hieing 10
- length 10
- heinie 9
- theine 9
- geeing 8
- gieing 8
- giglet 8
- leggin 8
- niggle 8
- elegit 7
- engine 7
- gentil 7
- gentle 7
- ignite 7
- inning 7
- lignin 7
- lining 7
- teeing 7
- tieing 7
- tiling 7
- tingle 7
- tining 7
- intine 6
- lenten 6
- linnet 6
- gighe 10
- eight 9
- hinge 9
- light 9
- neigh 9
- night 9
- thegn 9
- thing 9
- lethe 8
- lithe 8
- nihil 8
- ninth 8
- thein 8
- thine 8
- genet 6
- genie 6
- genii 6
- gleet 6
- glint 6
- ingle 6
- legit 6
- liege 6
- tinge 6
- elint 5
- elite 5
- inlet 5
- linen 5
- linin 5
- ghee 8
- nigh 8
- elhi 7
- heel 7
- heil 7
- hent 7
- hili 7
- hilt 7
- hint 7
- thee 7
- then 7
- thin 7
- gleg 6
- gelt 5
- gene 5
- gent 5
- gien 5
- gilt 5
- glee 5
- glen 5
- ling 5
- ting 5
- inti 4
- leet 4
- lent 4
- lien 4
- line 4
- linn 4
- lint 4
- lite 4
- nene 4
- nine 4