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Is LIGHTNING a Scrabble word?
✔ In our word list LIGHTNING is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.
| Scrabble points | Words With Friends points | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 18 | 9 |
What does LIGHTNING mean?
- nounabrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
- nounthe flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.
Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.
Look up LIGHTNING in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.
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Is LIGHTNING a Scrabble word?
LIGHTNING is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.
How many points is LIGHTNING worth?
LIGHTNING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.
What does LIGHTNING mean?
Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light.