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Yes. The word blight is a Scrabble US word. The word blight is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is blight a Scrabble UK word?

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6-letter words (1 found)

BLIGHT,

5-letter words (2 found)

BIGHT,LIGHT,

4-letter words (7 found)

BLIT,GILT,GLIB,GLIT,HILT,LITH,THIG,

3-letter words (11 found)

BIG,BIT,GHI,GIB,GIT,HIT,LIB,LIG,LIT,TIG,TIL,

2-letter words (6 found)

BI,GI,HI,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 27 words from blight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of blight

blight

Etymology

The etymology of the noun is uncertain; suggested derivations include the following:

  • possibly related to Middle English blichening (“mildew or rust on grain, blight”), possibly related to Middle English bliken (“to gleam, shine; to turn pale”), from Old English blīcan (“to shine, sparkle”) (whence modern English blike (“(obsolete) to gleam, shine”); also compare Old Norse blikna (“to grow pallid”)), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”); or
  • since sense 2.2 is a diseased condition of the skin, possibly from Middle English *bleighte, *bleȝte, from Old English blǣcþa (“leprosy”) (related to blǣċe (“an itching skin-disease”) and blǣċo (“leprosy; paleness”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale; white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). If so, the word is a doublet of bleak.

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: blīt, IPA(key): /blaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophone: blite

Noun

blight (countable and uncountable, plural blights)

  1. (phytopathology)
    2. A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut.
    3. The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees.
  2. (by extension)
    1. A state of cloudy, humid weather.
    3. (pathology, dated) A diseased condition of the face or skin; specifically, bleeding under the conjunctiva of the eye, a form of skin rash, or a palsy of the face due to cold.
  3. (figurative)
    1. Something that impedes development or growth, or spoils any other aspect of life.
    2. (specifically) A rundown and unsightly condition of an urban area; also, such an area.

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Verb

blight (third-person singular simple present blights, present participle blighting, simple past and past participle blighted)

  1. (transitive)
    1. (phytopathology) To affect the fertility or growth of (a plant) with a blight (noun sense 1.1), especially one caused by a fungus; to blast, to mildew, to smut.
      Synonym: blighten
    2. (by extension, pathology, dated) To affect (a body part) with a disease.
    3. (figurative) To impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:spoil
      Synonym: blighten
  2. (intransitive) Of a plant: to suffer blight (noun sense 1.1).

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Derived terms

  • blighted (adjective)
  • blighter
  • blighting (adjective, noun)
  • blightingly

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Further reading

  • blight on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • urban decay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • blight (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org