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LIGHTENS

8 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 11 pts

LIGHTENS is a valid 8-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 11 in Super Big Boggle.

LIGHTENS root LIGHTEN-s

Word family

LIGHTEN 5 LIGHTENING-ing 11 LIGHTENED-ed 11

Might be on the same board

Other words sharing these letters — a good chance they hide on the same Boggle board.

LIGHTENER 11 LIGHTENERS 11 LIGHTENINGS 11
verb
  1. transitiveTo make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
    • to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets
  2. intransitiveTo become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
  3. archaicintransitiveTo flash lightning, to give off lightning.
  4. transitiveTo emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
  5. archaicTo illuminate with knowledge.
  6. transitiveTo alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
    • Sorrow can be lightened by being openly brought out.
    • Many hands lighten the workload.
  7. transitiveTo make light or lighter in weight.
  8. transitiveTo make less serious or more cheerful.
  9. intransitiveTo become light or lighter in weight.
  10. intransitiveTo become less serious or more cheerful.
  11. To descend; to light.