What ALIGHTING Means
ALIGHTING is a form of ALIGHT, which means:
- verb: to come to rest, settle“Misfortune lighted upon him”
- verb: come down“the birds alighted”
- adjective: lighted up by or as by fire or flame“forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALIGHTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 I1 G2 H4 T1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In ALIGHTING
169 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
8 letter words (3)
7 letter words (11)
6 letter words (14)
5 letter words (30)
AGINGAHINGAHINTAIGHTALGINALIGNANIGHATIGIGIANTGLINTHAINTHANGIHIANTINTILLAIGHLAITHLATHILIANGLIGANLIGHTLINGALITAINGATINIGHTNIHILTANGITHAGITHALITHANGTHING
4 letter words (54)
AGINALITANILANTIGAINGAITGANGGANTGATHGHATGIGAGILAGILTGINGGLIAGLITGNATHAGGHAILHAINHALTHANGHANTHILAHILIHILTHINGHINTILIAINIAINTILAINLANGLANTLATHLATILINGLINTLITHNAILNGAINIGHTAIGTAILTAINTALITANGTANHTHANTHIGTHINTIANTINATING
3 letter words (41)
AHIAILAINAITALTANIANTGAGGALGANGATGHIGIGGINGITHAGHANHATHINHITIGGINGITALAGLAHLATLIGLINLITNAGNAHNATNILNITNTHTAGTAITANTIGTILTIN
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.