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Is alight a Scrabble word?

Yes, alight is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of alight?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To make less heavy; to lighten; to alleviate, to relieve.Synonyms: alightenalsofigurativelyobsoletetransitive

2. (intransitive)Examples: "He alighted from his horse."; "Passengers are alighting from the carriage."; "Madam, there is a-lighted at your gate / A yong Venetian, one that comes before / To ſignifie th'approaching of his Lord, / From whom he bringeth ſenſible regreets; […]"Synonyms: alighten, light, disembark, debark, get off, get out, unlightintransitive

3. (intransitive)Examples: "A flying bird alights upon a tree."; "Snow alights on a roof."; "His fearefull freends vveare out the vvofull night, / Ne dare to vveepe, nor ſeeme to vnderſtand / The heauie hap, vvhich on them is alight, / Affraid, leaſt to themſelues the like miſhappen might."alsofigurativelyintransitive

4. (intransitive)archaicintransitive

5. (intransitive)Examples: "But ſtorms of Stones, from the proud Temple's height, / Pour down, and on our batter'd Helms alight."archaicintransitive

6. (intransitive)figurativelyintransitive

adj (English)

1. (figuratively) Aglow with activity or emotion.Examples: "Her face was alight with happiness."; "But such a fierce, little, rapid, sparkling, energetic, she-devil I never beheld. She was alight and flaming, all the time."alsoarchaicfigurativelynot-comparabletransitive

adv (English)

1. (also figuratively) Chiefly in set alight: in flames, on fire; aflame.Examples: "Each chapel had its saintly shrine, hung around with offerings; its picture above the altar, although closely veiled, if by any painter of renown; and its hallowed tapers, burning continually, to set alight the devotion of the worshippers."alsoarchaicfigurativelynot-comparabletransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "alight"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "alight"?

Scrabble
10 points
A1
L1
I1
G2
H4
T1
Words With Friends
11 points
A1
L2
I1
G3
H3
T1

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