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Is lambent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lambent is a Scrabble US word. The word lambent is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is lambent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lambent is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is lambent a Words With Friends word?

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

BELTMAN,LAMBENT,

6-letter words (5 found)

BATMEN,LAMENT,MANTEL,MANTLE,MENTAL,

5-letter words (17 found)

ABLET,AMBLE,AMENT,BLAME,BLATE,BLEAT,BLENT,LATEN,LEANT,LEMAN,MANEB,MANET,MEANT,MELBA,MENTA,METAL,TABLE,

4-letter words (59 found)

ABET,ABLE,ALBE,ALME,AMEN,ANTE,BAEL,BALE,BALM,BANE,BANT,BATE,BEAL,BEAM,BEAN,BEAT,BELT,BEMA,BENT,BETA,BLAE,BLAM,BLAT,BLET,ELAN,ETNA,LAMB,LAME,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAM,LEAN,LEAT,LENT,MABE,MALE,MALT,MANE,MATE,MEAL,MEAN,MEAT,MELA,MELT,MENT,META,NABE,NAME,NEAL,NEAT,NEMA,TAEL,TALE,TAME,TANE,TEAL,TEAM,TELA,

3-letter words (46 found)

ALB,ALE,ALT,AME,ANE,ANT,ATE,BAE,BAL,BAM,BAN,BAT,BEL,BEN,BET,EAN,EAT,ELM,ELT,ETA,LAB,LAM,LAT,LEA,LET,MAE,MAL,MAN,MAT,MEL,MEN,MET,MNA,NAB,NAE,NAM,NAT,NEB,NET,TAB,TAE,TAM,TAN,TEA,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (20 found)

AB,AE,AL,AM,AN,AT,BA,BE,EA,EL,EM,EN,ET,LA,MA,ME,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 150 words from lambent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lambent

lambent

Etymology

From Latin lambēns, present participle of lambō (“lick”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈlæmbənt/

Adjective

lambent (comparative more lambent, superlative most lambent)

  1. Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
    • 1800, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI: "The Winter Walk at Noon", Poems, J. Johnson, page 232,
      No foe to man / Lurks in the ſerpent now: the mother ſees, / And ſmiles to ſee, her infant's playful hand / Stretch'd forth to dally with the creſted worm, / To ſtroke his azure neck, or to receive / The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue.
  2. Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
    • 1697, John Dryden, Aeneas,Book II, from The Works of Virgil:
      [W]hile I held my son, in the short space
      Betwixt our kisses and our last embrace;
      Strange to relate, from young Iülus’ head
      A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
      Around his brows, and on his temples fed.
    • 1839, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Jonathan Birch (translator), Faust: A Tragedy, Black and Armstrong, page 127,
      The Witch, with much ceremony, fills the basin. As FAUST is about to raise it to his lips, it emits a clear flame.
      MEPHISTOPHELES. Quick! quickly down with it!—no breathing time allowed! […] And does a lambent flame prevent thee quaff?
  3. (figuratively) Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.
    Antonyms: biting, cutting

Derived terms

  • lambency
  • lambently

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Further reading

  • “lambent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Latin

Verb

lambent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of lambō

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