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LIGHTERING

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What LIGHTERING Means

LIGHTERING is a form of LIGHTER, which means:

  1. noun: a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
  2. noun: a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires“do you have a light?”
  3. verb: transport in a flatbottom boat

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LIGHTERING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 I1 G2 H4 T1 E1 R1 I1 N1 G2.

Anagrams of LIGHTERING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In LIGHTERING

287 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (12)

7 letter words (33)

6 letter words (45)

5 letter words (54)

4 letter words (74)

3 letter words (53)

2 letter words (15)

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