Definition of glimmer

"glimmer" in the noun sense

1. gleam, gleaming, glimmer

a flash of light (especially reflected light)

2. inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer

a slight suggestion or vague understanding

"he had no inkling what was about to happen"

"glimmer" in the verb sense

1. gleam, glimmer

shine brightly, like a star or a light

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Quotations for glimmer

Just above yon sandy bar,
As the day grows fainter and dimmer.
Lonely and lovely, a single star
Lights the air with a dusky glimmer. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Fame often rests at first upon something accidental, and often, too, is swept away, or for a time removed; but neither genius nor glory is conferred at once, nor do they glimmer and fall, like drops in a grotto, at a shout. [ Landor ]

Local esteem is far more conducive to happiness than general reputation. The latter may be compared to the fixed stars which glimmer so remotely as to afford little light and no warmth. The former is like the sun, each day shedding his prolific and cheering beams. [ W. B. Clulow ]

A book becomes a mirror, with the author's face shining over it. Talent only gives an imperfect image, - the broken glimmer of a countenance. But the features of genius remain unruffled. Time guards the shadow. Beauty, the spiritual Venus, - whose children are the Tassos, the Spensers, the Bacons, - breathes the magic of her love, and fixes the face forever. [ Willmott ]

glimmer in Scrabble®

The word glimmer is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters glimmer:

GLIMMER
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word glimmer

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

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glimmer in Words With Friends™

The word glimmer is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

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

GLIMMER
(119 = 84 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

glimmer

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word glimmer

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

GLIMMER
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GLIMMER
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GLIMMER
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Words within the letters of glimmer

2 letter words in glimmer (5 words)

3 letter words in glimmer (11 words)

4 letter words in glimmer (13 words)

5 letter words in glimmer (3 words)

7 letter words in glimmer (1 word)

glimmer + 1 blank (2 words)

glimmer + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence glimmer

Words that start with glimmer (5 words)

Words with glimmer in them (1 word)

Words that end with glimmer (2 words)

Word Growth involving glimmer

Shorter words in glimmer

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Longer words containing glimmer

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