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Is gaslight a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaslight is a Scrabble US word. The word gaslight is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaslight a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaslight is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is gaslight a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word gaslight is a Words With Friends word. The word gaslight is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

GASLIGHT,

7-letter words (1 found)

ALIGHTS,

6-letter words (11 found)

ALIGHT,GASLIT,HAGGIS,LAIGHS,LATHIS,LATISH,LIGHTS,SLIGHT,TAHSIL,THAGIS,THALIS,

5-letter words (34 found)

AGIST,AIGHT,ALIST,GAITS,GATHS,GHAST,GHATS,GIGAS,GILAS,GILTS,GLIAS,GLITS,HAGGS,HAILS,HALTS,HILTS,LAIGH,LAITH,LATHI,LATHS,LIGHT,LITAS,LITHS,SAITH,SHALT,SIGHT,SIGLA,STAIG,TAIGS,TAILS,TAISH,THAGI,THALI,THIGS,

4-letter words (70 found)

AHIS,AILS,AITS,ALIT,ALTS,GAGS,GAIT,GALS,GASH,GAST,GATH,GATS,GHAT,GHIS,GIGA,GIGS,GILA,GILT,GIST,GITS,GLIA,GLIT,HAGG,HAGS,HAIL,HALT,HAST,HATS,HILA,HILT,HIST,HITS,IGGS,ITAS,LAGS,LAHS,LASH,LAST,LATH,LATI,LATS,LIAS,LIGS,LIST,LITH,LITS,SAIL,SALT,SATI,SHAG,SHAT,SHIT,SIAL,SIGH,SILT,SITH,SLAG,SLAT,SLIT,STAG,TAGS,TAIG,TAIL,TAIS,TALI,TASH,THIG,THIS,TIGS,TILS,

3-letter words (47 found)

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2-letter words (18 found)

AG,AH,AI,AL,AS,AT,GI,HA,HI,IS,IT,LA,LI,SH,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 182 words from gaslight according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gaslight

gaslight

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡæslaɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡæsˌlaɪt/
  • Hyphenation: gas‧light

Etymology 1

From gas (“flammable gaseous hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture used as a fuel”) +‎ light.

Noun

gaslight (countable and uncountable, plural gaslights) (British, historical)

  1. A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).
    Synonym: (US) gas lamp
  2. The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.
Alternative forms
  • gas light
  • gas-light
Hypernyms
  • lamp
  • light
Related terms
  • gaslighter, gas lighter, gas-lighter
  • gaslighting, gas lighting, gas-lighting
  • gaslit (adjective)
  • gas mantle
Translations

Etymology 2

From the 1938 stage play Gas Light by the English playwright and novelist Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment. For more details, see also Gaslighting § Etymology on Wikipedia.

Verb

gaslight (third-person singular simple present gaslights, present participle gaslighting, simple past and past participle gaslighted or gaslit)

  1. (chiefly transitive) To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.
    • 1962, "The Journal Pre-Views Tonight's TV." Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ]. February 12, 1962: 12 col 6, describing the plot of the episode "Who Is Sylvia" of the television show Surfside 6:
      Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is "gaslighting" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)
    • 1963, "TV Scout." Daily Press [Utica, NY]. November 18, 1963: 24 col 2, describing the plot of the episode "The August Teahouse of Quint McHale" of McHale's Navy:
      [The men of McHale's Navy] decide to "gaslight" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane.
    • 1964, in an argument between the characters Jenny and Charley in William Goldman's novel Boys and Girls Together, page 564:
      "You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes."
    • 1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his "most excruciating experience with a producer" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. "'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg." The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3.
      I came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie.
    • 2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie:
      Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. [...] This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life.
    Synonym: head-game
Usage notes
  • Loose use of the term, to include unintentional or inadvertent gaslighting or even just any dishonest, biased efforts at persuasion, or the putting down of someone, have contributed to degradation of its usefulness in describing the more specific type of behavior. For more details, see Wikipedia's section on excessively broad use of the term "gaslighting".
Derived terms
  • gaslightee
  • gaslighter
  • gaslighting (noun)
Translations

See also

  • Kafkatrap
  • mind game
  • mindscrew
  • Thesaurus:deceive

References

Further reading

  • gas lighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • gaslighting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “Word of the Year 2022” from Merriam–Webster (2022-11-28)

Source: wiktionary.org