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Definition of darkening

"darkening" in the noun sense

1. blackening, darkening

changing to a darker color

"darkening" in the verb sense

1. darken

become dark or darker

"The sky darkened"

2. darken

tarnish or stain

"a scandal that darkened the family's good name"

3. darken

make dark or darker

"darken a room"

"darkening" in the adjective sense

1. darkening

becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over

"the darkening sky"

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Quotations for darkening

Good is that darkening of our lives.
Which only God can brighten;
But better still that hopeless load.
Which none but God can lighten. [ Frederick William Faber ]

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darkening in Scrabble®

The word darkening is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters darkening:

DARKENING
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

darning, deraign, earning, grained, grinned, kerning, nearing, ranking, reading, reaking, rending

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word darkening

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In darkening

DARKENING
(180)
DARKENING
(144)
DARKENING
(120)
REAKING
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darkening in Words With Friends™

The word darkening is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters darkening:

DARKENING
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (11 words)

darning, deraign, earning, grained, grinned, kerning, nearing, ranking, reading, reaking, rending

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word darkening

DARKENING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In darkening

DARKENING
(288)
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(168)
DARKENING
(132)
RANKING
(122 = 87 + 35)
REAKING
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Words containing the sequence darkening

Words that start with darkening (1 word)

darkening

Words with darkening in them (1 word)

darkening

Words that end with darkening (4 words)

bedarkeningdarkeningoverdarkeningundarkening
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Word Growth involving darkening

Shorter words in darkening

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en darken

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Longer words containing darkening

bedarkening

overdarkening

undarkening