lighting: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 13 letter points · starts with L · ends with G
Meaning of lighting
noun
- countable, uncountable
The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
- countable, uncountable
The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
- countable, dated, uncountable
The process of annealing metals.
Listed forms: lightings.
Source: Wiktionary — lighting.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of light
Base or related entry: light.
Source: Wiktionary — lighting.
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 lighting.
noun
having abundant light or illumination
noun
the act of setting something on fire
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is lighting 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 lighting
L(1) + I(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 13 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 lighting
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 lighting
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