shine: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with S · ends with E
Meaning of shine
verb
- copulative, intransitive
To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
- copulative, intransitive
To reflect light.
- copulative, intransitive
To distinguish oneself; to excel.
Example: My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.
- copulative, intransitive
To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
Listed forms: shines, shining, shone, shined.
Source: Wiktionary — shine.
noun
- countable, uncountable
Brightness from a source of light.
- countable, uncountable
Brightness from reflected light.
- countable, uncountable
Excellence in quality or appearance; splendour.
- countable, uncountable
Shoeshine.
Listed forms: shines.
Source: Wiktionary — shine.
verb
- transitive
To cause (something) to be smooth and shiny by rubbing; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
Example: He shined my shoes until they were polished smooth and gleaming.
- transitive
To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.
Listed forms: shines, shining, shined.
Source: Wiktionary — shine.
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 shine.
noun
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- radiance
- radiancy
- effulgence
- refulgence
- refulgency
verb
be bright by reflecting or casting light
verb
emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light
verb
be shiny, as if wet
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is shine in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of shine
S(1) + H(4) + I(1) + N(1) + E(1) = 8 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 shine
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 shine
27 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in shine. Showing up to 24, longest first.