highlight: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 20 letter points · starts with H · ends with T
Meaning of highlight
noun
An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- figuratively
An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
Example: Meeting my future wife was the highlight of my trip to Spain.
A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
Listed forms: highlights, hilite.
Source: Wiktionary — highlight.
verb
- transitive
To make prominent; emphasize.
- transitive
To be a highlight of.
- transitive
To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
- transitive
To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
Listed forms: highlights, highlighting, highlighted, highlit, hilite.
Source: Wiktionary — highlight.
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 highlight.
noun
the most interesting or memorable part
- high spot
noun
an area of lightness in a picture
verb
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
- foreground
- spotlight
- play up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is highlight in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of highlight
H(4) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + L(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 20 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of highlight
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 highlight
19 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in highlight. Showing up to 24, longest first.