Definition of enlightens

"enlightens" in the verb sense

1. enlighten, edify

make understand

"Can you enlighten me

2. enlighten, irradiate

give spiritual insight to in religion

3. clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate

make free from confusion or ambiguity make clear

"Could you clarify these remarks?"

"Clear up the question of who is at fault"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

Quotations for enlightens

Love works a different way in different minds,
The fool enlightens and the wise he blinds. [ John Dryden ]

Interest blinds some people and enlightens others. [ La Roche ]

The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. [ Amiel ]

Systems exercise the mind, but faith enlightens and guides it. [ Voltaire ]

Truth irritates only those whom it enlightens, but does not convert. [ Pasquier Quesnel ]

enlightens in Scrabble®

The word enlightens 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 enlightens:

ENLIGHTENS
(135)
ENLIGHTENS
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

elegist, elegits, engines, english, enlight, gentile, gentles, glisten, heeling, intense, lengths, lenient, lenites, lensing, lighten, linnets, nesting, shingle, singlet, sleight, tensile, tensing, tingles

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word enlightens

ENLIGHTENS
(135)
ENLIGHTENS
(135)
ENLIGHTENS
(90)
ENLIGHTENS
(90)
ENLIGHTENS
(72)
ENLIGHTENS
(64)
ENLIGHTENS
(56)
ENLIGHTENS
(56)
ENLIGHTENS
(56)
ENLIGHTENS
(56)
ENLIGHTENS
(48)
ENLIGHTENS
(48)
ENLIGHTENS
(48)
ENLIGHTENS
(48)
ENLIGHTENS
(45)
ENLIGHTENS
(45)
ENLIGHTENS
(40)
ENLIGHTENS
(40)
ENLIGHTENS
(38)
ENLIGHTENS
(38)
ENLIGHTENS
(34)
ENLIGHTENS
(34)
ENLIGHTENS
(32)
ENLIGHTENS
(32)
ENLIGHTENS
(32)
ENLIGHTENS
(32)
ENLIGHTENS
(32)
ENLIGHTENS
(32)
ENLIGHTENS
(30)
ENLIGHTENS
(30)
ENLIGHTENS
(30)
ENLIGHTENS
(30)
ENLIGHTENS
(28)
ENLIGHTENS
(28)
ENLIGHTENS
(26)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(20)
ENLIGHTENS
(20)
ENLIGHTENS
(18)
ENLIGHTENS
(18)
ENLIGHTENS
(18)
ENLIGHTENS
(18)
ENLIGHTENS
(17)
ENLIGHTENS
(17)

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

ENLIGHTENS
(135)
ENLIGHTENS
(135)
ENGLISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
LENGTHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(95 = 45 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(95 = 45 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHINGLE
(95 = 45 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEELING
(95 = 45 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(94 = 44 + 50)
HEELING
(94 = 44 + 50)
ENGLISH
(94 = 44 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(94 = 44 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHINGLE
(94 = 44 + 50)
LENGTHS
(94 = 44 + 50)
ENLIGHTENS
(90)
ENLIGHTENS
(90)
LENGTHS
(89 = 39 + 50)
LENGTHS
(89 = 39 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(89 = 39 + 50)
ENGLISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHINGLE
(89 = 39 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(89 = 39 + 50)
HEELING
(89 = 39 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHINGLE
(88 = 38 + 50)
LENGTHS
(88 = 38 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(88 = 38 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(88 = 38 + 50)
ENGLISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGLISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHINGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHINGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHINGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHINGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
LENGTHS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
LENGTHS
(86 = 36 + 50)
LENGTHS
(86 = 36 + 50)
LENGTHS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
LENGTHS
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGLISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGLISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGLISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHINGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHINGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENGLISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
HEELING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HEELING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HEELING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
HEELING
(86 = 36 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
HEELING
(86 = 36 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
HEELING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHINGLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
ENGLISH
(83 = 33 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEELING
(83 = 33 + 50)
LENGTHS
(83 = 33 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
GENTLES
(82 = 32 + 50)
TINGLES
(82 = 32 + 50)
LENSING
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENGLISH
(82 = 32 + 50)
HEELING
(82 = 32 + 50)
GENTILE
(82 = 32 + 50)
ELEGIST
(82 = 32 + 50)
ELEGITS
(82 = 32 + 50)
ENGINES
(82 = 32 + 50)
TENSING
(82 = 32 + 50)
NESTING
(82 = 32 + 50)
SINGLET
(82 = 32 + 50)
GLISTEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
SHINGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SHINGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(80 = 30 + 50)
ELEGIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
GENTILE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ELEGITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
HEELING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(80 = 30 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
TINGLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
LENGTHS
(80 = 30 + 50)
NESTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SINGLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(80 = 30 + 50)
HEELING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GLISTEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(80 = 30 + 50)
SINGLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENGINES
(80 = 30 + 50)
ELEGIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENGLISH
(80 = 30 + 50)
LENSING
(80 = 30 + 50)
ELEGITS
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENGLISH
(80 = 30 + 50)
ENGLISH
(80 = 30 + 50)
GENTLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
TENSING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TINGLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
HEELING
(78 = 28 + 50)
INTENSE
(78 = 28 + 50)
ENGLISH
(78 = 28 + 50)
ENLIGHT
(78 = 28 + 50)
LIGHTEN
(78 = 28 + 50)
SHINGLE
(78 = 28 + 50)
TENSILE
(78 = 28 + 50)
LINNETS
(78 = 28 + 50)
LENIENT
(78 = 28 + 50)
SLEIGHT
(78 = 28 + 50)
LENITES
(78 = 28 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
TENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGITS
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGITS
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGITS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGITS
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGITS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGIST
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
ELEGITS
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTILE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTILE
(77 = 27 + 50)
LENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTILE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTILE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
LENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTILE
(77 = 27 + 50)
TINGLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
TINGLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
TINGLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
TINGLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
TINGLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
ENGINES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GENTILE
(77 = 27 + 50)
TINGLES
(77 = 27 + 50)
TENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
LENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)
NESTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TENSING
(77 = 27 + 50)

enlightens in Words With Friends™

The word enlightens 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: 17

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

ENLIGHTENS
(225)
ENLIGHTENS
(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

elegist, elegits, engines, english, enlight, gentile, gentles, glisten, heeling, intense, lengths, lenient, lenites, lensing, lighten, linnets, nesting, shingle, singlet, sleight, tensile, tensing, tingles

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word enlightens

ENLIGHTENS
(225)
ENLIGHTENS
(225)
ENLIGHTENS
(114)
ENLIGHTENS
(114)
ENLIGHTENS
(81)
ENLIGHTENS
(76)
ENLIGHTENS
(76)
ENLIGHTENS
(76)
ENLIGHTENS
(75)
ENLIGHTENS
(72)
ENLIGHTENS
(72)
ENLIGHTENS
(72)
ENLIGHTENS
(69)
ENLIGHTENS
(69)
ENLIGHTENS
(68)
ENLIGHTENS
(68)
ENLIGHTENS
(54)
ENLIGHTENS
(54)
ENLIGHTENS
(50)
ENLIGHTENS
(50)
ENLIGHTENS
(46)
ENLIGHTENS
(46)
ENLIGHTENS
(42)
ENLIGHTENS
(38)
ENLIGHTENS
(34)
ENLIGHTENS
(34)
ENLIGHTENS
(34)
ENLIGHTENS
(34)
ENLIGHTENS
(24)
ENLIGHTENS
(23)
ENLIGHTENS
(23)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(22)
ENLIGHTENS
(21)
ENLIGHTENS
(21)
ENLIGHTENS
(21)
ENLIGHTENS
(20)
ENLIGHTENS
(20)
ENLIGHTENS
(20)
ENLIGHTENS
(19)
ENLIGHTENS
(19)

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

ENLIGHTENS
(225)
ENLIGHTENS
(225)
ENLIGHTENS
(114)
ENLIGHTENS
(114)
LENGTHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(104 = 69 + 35)
SHINGLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(98 = 63 + 35)
LENGTHS
(98 = 63 + 35)
GENTILE
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEELING
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENGLISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
GENTLES
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEELING
(98 = 63 + 35)
LENGTHS
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(98 = 63 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENGLISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENGLISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
SHINGLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
SHINGLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEELING
(98 = 63 + 35)
ELEGIST
(95 = 60 + 35)
ELEGITS
(95 = 60 + 35)
LENSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(95 = 60 + 35)
LENSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(95 = 60 + 35)
ENGLISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
LENGTHS
(92 = 57 + 35)
NESTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
TINGLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
GLISTEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
TINGLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
HEELING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LENGTHS
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENGLISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
SINGLET
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(92 = 57 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENGINES
(92 = 57 + 35)
HEELING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SINGLET
(92 = 57 + 35)
TENSING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SHINGLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
HEELING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LENGTHS
(92 = 57 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(89 = 54 + 35)
LENSING
(89 = 54 + 35)
ELEGIST
(89 = 54 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(89 = 54 + 35)
LENIENT
(89 = 54 + 35)
ELEGITS
(89 = 54 + 35)
LENSING
(89 = 54 + 35)
LINNETS
(89 = 54 + 35)
HEELING
(87 = 52 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(87 = 52 + 35)
SHINGLE
(87 = 52 + 35)
ENGLISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
SHINGLE
(87 = 52 + 35)
HEELING
(87 = 52 + 35)
LENGTHS
(87 = 52 + 35)
LENGTHS
(87 = 52 + 35)
LENGTHS
(87 = 52 + 35)
ENGLISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(87 = 52 + 35)
HEELING
(87 = 52 + 35)
SHINGLE
(87 = 52 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(87 = 52 + 35)
ENGLISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(87 = 52 + 35)
NESTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHINGLE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GENTILE
(86 = 51 + 35)
HEELING
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(86 = 51 + 35)
LENITES
(86 = 51 + 35)
NESTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENGLISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
LENGTHS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GENTLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENGINES
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHINGLE
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENGINES
(86 = 51 + 35)
GENTLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENGLISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHINGLE
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
HEELING
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
LENGTHS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GENTILE
(86 = 51 + 35)
TENSING
(86 = 51 + 35)
TENSING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
TENSING
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
HEELING
(86 = 51 + 35)
NESTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
ENGLISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLES
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHINGLE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
ELEGITS
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENIENT
(83 = 48 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
ELEGITS
(83 = 48 + 35)
LINNETS
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(83 = 48 + 35)
ELEGIST
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(83 = 48 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(83 = 48 + 35)
LINNETS
(83 = 48 + 35)
ELEGIST
(83 = 48 + 35)
LENSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
ENLIGHTENS
(81)
NESTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENGLISH
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLISTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(80 = 45 + 35)
NESTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
TENSING
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(80 = 45 + 35)
GENTILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
GENTLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
TENSING
(80 = 45 + 35)
INTENSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIGHTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
INTENSE
(80 = 45 + 35)
TENSILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LENGTHS
(80 = 45 + 35)
NESTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENGINES
(80 = 45 + 35)
LENGTHS
(80 = 45 + 35)
GENTILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
SHINGLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLISTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
TENSILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
SHINGLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
HEELING
(80 = 45 + 35)
GENTILE
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENGLISH
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENGINES
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLISTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
ENLIGHT
(80 = 45 + 35)
GENTLES
(80 = 45 + 35)
GENTLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
TINGLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
NESTING
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENGINES
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENGINES
(79 = 44 + 35)
SINGLET
(79 = 44 + 35)
TENSING
(79 = 44 + 35)
TINGLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
NESTING
(79 = 44 + 35)
GENTILE
(79 = 44 + 35)
ENGINES
(79 = 44 + 35)
GLISTEN
(79 = 44 + 35)
GLISTEN
(79 = 44 + 35)
TINGLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
GENTLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
SINGLET
(79 = 44 + 35)
GENTILE
(79 = 44 + 35)
TENSING
(79 = 44 + 35)
GENTLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
GENTILE
(79 = 44 + 35)
NESTING
(79 = 44 + 35)
SINGLET
(79 = 44 + 35)
TENSING
(79 = 44 + 35)
GLISTEN
(79 = 44 + 35)
LENSING
(77 = 42 + 35)
ELEGITS
(77 = 42 + 35)
ELEGITS
(77 = 42 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(77 = 42 + 35)
LENSING
(77 = 42 + 35)
ELEGIST
(77 = 42 + 35)
ELEGIST
(77 = 42 + 35)
SLEIGHT
(77 = 42 + 35)

Words within the letters of enlightens

2 letter words in enlightens (8 words)

9 letter words in enlightens (2 words)

10 letter words in enlightens (1 word)

enlightens + 1 blank (1 word)

enlightens + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence enlightens

Words that start with enlightens (1 word)

Words with enlightens in them (1 word)

Words that end with enlightens (2 words)

Word Growth involving enlightens

Shorter words in enlightens

en enlight enlighten

light enlight enlighten

light lighten enlighten

en ten lighten enlighten

light lighten lightens

en ten lighten lightens

en ens tens lightens

en ten tens lightens

Longer words containing enlightens

reenlightens