What LIGHTNING Means
- noun: abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
- noun: the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LIGHTNING 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 L1 I1 G2 H4 T1 N1 I1 N1 G2.
Words Made From The Letters In LIGHTNING
66 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 (8)
6 letter words (5)
5 letter words (9)
4 letter words (17)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (6)
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