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Is glint a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word glint is a Scrabble US word. The word glint is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is glint a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word glint is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is glint a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word glint is a Words With Friends word. The word glint is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

GLINT,

4-letter words (5 found)

GILT,GLIT,LING,LINT,TING,

3-letter words (11 found)

GIN,GIT,ING,LIG,LIN,LIT,NIL,NIT,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (5 found)

GI,IN,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 22 words from glint according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of glint

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word glint. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in glint.

Definitions and meaning of glint

glint

Etymology

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint; from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”); probably alteration of Old Norse [Term?]; from Middle High German glinzen; from Proto-Germanic *glintaną, *glintjaną; from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Swedish glänta, glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt. Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɪnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

glint (plural glints)

  1. A short flash of light.

Derived terms

  • glint in the milkman's eye

Translations

Adjective

glint (comparative more glint, superlative most glint)

  1. (archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.
    The knife is glint.

Verb

glint (third-person singular simple present glints, present participle glinting, simple past and past participle glinted)

  1. (intransitive) To flash or gleam briefly.
    A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
  2. (intransitive) To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
  3. (transitive) To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
  4. (archaic, Shropshire, transitive) To dry; to wither.
    The sun glints grass and corn.

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References

  • Wright, Joseph (1900) The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pages 644–645

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