Definition of brilliance

"brilliance" in the noun sense

1. glare, blaze, brilliance

a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

"a glare of sunlight"

2. magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness

the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

"for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"

"his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"

"it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"

"an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"

"advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

3. brilliance, genius

unusual mental ability

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Quotations for brilliance

Those who can imagine anything, can create the impossible. [ Alan Turing ]

Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine. [ Alan Turing ]

brilliance in Scrabble®

The word brilliance 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters brilliance:

BRILLIANCE
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

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

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brilliance in Words With Friends™

The word brilliance 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: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters brilliance:

BRILLIANCE
(225)
BRILLIANCE
(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

aircell, airline, albinic, bacilli, braille, caliber, calibre, carbine, iceball, liberal

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word brilliance

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

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Words containing the sequence brilliance

Words that start with brilliance (2 words)

Words with brilliance in them (1 word)

Words that end with brilliance (1 word)

Word Growth involving brilliance

Shorter words in brilliance

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