light: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with L · ends with T
Meaning of light
noun
- uncountable
Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
Example: As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation).
Example: black light
- broadly, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength.
- countable
A source of illumination.
Example: Put that light out!
Listed forms: lights, lite, lighte, lyght, lyghte, licht.
Source: Wiktionary — light.
verb
- transitive
To start (a fire).
Example: We lit the fire to get some heat.
- transitive
To set fire to; to set burning.
Example: She lit her last match.
- transitive
To illuminate; to provide light for when it is dark.
Example: I used my torch to light the way home through the woods in the night.
- intransitive
To become ignited; to take fire.
Example: This soggy match will not light.
Listed forms: lights, lighting, lit, lighted, lite, lighte.
Source: Wiktionary — light.
adj
Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
Example: The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.
Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
Example: She had light skin.
Served with extra milk or cream.
Example: Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.
Listed forms: lighter, lightest, lite, lighte, lyght, lyghte, licht.
Source: Wiktionary — light.
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 light.
adjective
(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- light-colored
adjective
(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
adjective
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
adjective
moving easily and quickly; nimble
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is light in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of light
L(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 9 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 light
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 light
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in light. Showing up to 24, longest first.