Is BRIGHTENING a word?
BRIGHTENING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends, has 11 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, BRIGHTENING is a valid word.
What does brightening mean?
BRIGHTENING is an inflected form of brighten.
verb: make more cheerful through the use of color.
“The paint will brighten the room”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
BRIGHTENING: word details
- Pronunciation: BREYE-tuh-nihng (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 11 letters, a long word. It is one of 28,045 11-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 18 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 22 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside brightening
Words you can make from the letters of brightening.
Solve a whole rack, not just BRIGHTENING
BRIGHTENING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does BRIGHTENING mean?
BRIGHTENING is an inflected form of brighten and is a verb. It means: make more cheerful through the use of color.
Is BRIGHTENING a valid word?
Yes, BRIGHTENING is a valid word. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.