darkness: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 13 letter points · starts with D · ends with S
Meaning of darkness
noun
- uncountable
The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
Example: The darkness of the room made it difficult to see.
- uncountable
The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
Example: The darkness of her skin betrayed her Mediterranean heritage.
- countable, uncountable
Any space that such colour pervades.
Example: Out of the darkness came some flickers of light.
- uncountable
Gloom; gloominess; depression.
Listed forms: darknesses, darckness, darkeness, darknesse, darkenesse.
Source: Wiktionary — darkness.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for darkness.
noun
absence of light or illumination
noun
an unilluminated area
noun
absence of moral or spiritual values
noun
an unenlightened state
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is darkness in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of darkness
D(2) + A(1) + R(1) + K(5) + N(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of darkness
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from darkness
155 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in darkness. Showing up to 24, longest first.