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Is lightning a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lightning is a Scrabble US word. The word lightning is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

L1I1G2H4T1N1I1N1G2

Is lightning a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lightning is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

L1I1G2H4T1N1I1N1G2

Is lightning a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lightning is a Words With Friends word. The word lightning is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2I1G3H3T1N2I1N2G3

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9-letter words (1 found)

LIGHTNING,

8-letter words (3 found)

GLINTING,LIGHTING,TINGLING,

7-letter words (8 found)

HILTING,HINGING,HINTING,LINTING,LITHING,NIGHING,NITHING,TINGING,

6-letter words (5 found)

LIGNIN,LINING,LITING,TILING,TINING,

5-letter words (9 found)

GLINT,INNIT,INTIL,LIGHT,LININ,NIGHT,NIHIL,NINTH,THING,

4-letter words (17 found)

GILT,GING,GINN,GLIT,HILI,HILT,HING,HINT,INTI,LING,LINN,LINT,LITH,NIGH,THIG,THIN,TING,

3-letter words (18 found)

GHI,GIG,GIN,GIT,HIN,HIT,IGG,ING,INN,LIG,LIN,LIT,NIL,NIT,NTH,TIG,TIL,TIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

GI,HI,IN,IT,LI,TI,

You can make 67 words from lightning according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lightning

lightning

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Etymology

From light(e)n +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/, [ˈlʌɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ], [ˈlɐɪ̯ʔ.nɪŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aɪtnɪŋ

Noun

lightning (usually uncountable, plural lightnings)

  1. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
  2. A discharge of this kind.
  3. (figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.
  4. (archaic, slang) Gin.
  5. Obsolete form of lightening.

Usage notes

  • bolt, flash, strike are some of the words used to count lightning.

Coordinate terms

  • thunder (noise), thunderbolt (instance), fulgural (adjective)

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Adjective

lightning (not comparable)

  1. Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

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Verb

lightning (third-person singular simple present lightnings, present participle lightninging, simple past and past participle lightninged)

  1. (impersonal, childish or nonstandard, intransitive) To produce lightning.

Usage notes

  • The standard, but rare, verb for "produce lightning" is lighten, used only in the impersonal form "it lightens", or as "it’s lightening".

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Source: wiktionary.org