Definition of glistening

"glistening" in the verb sense

1. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine

be shiny, as if wet

"His eyes were glistening"

"glistening" in the adjective sense

1. glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining

reflecting light

"glistening bodies of swimmers"

"the horse's glossy coat"

"lustrous auburn hair"

"saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"

"shining white enamel"

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Quotations for glistening

Love in modern times has been the tailor's best friend. Every suitor of the nineteenth century spends more than his spare cash on personal adornment. A faultless fit, a glistening hat, tight gloves, and tighter boots proclaim the imminent peril of his position. [ G. A. Sala ]

When I gaze into the stars, they look down upon me with pity from their serene and silent spaces, like eyes glistening with tears over the little lot of man. Thousands of generations, all as noisy as our own, have been swallowed up by time, and there remains no record of them any more. Yet Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and Pleiades, are still shining in their courses, clear and young, as when the shepherd first noted them in the plain of Shinar! [ Carlyle ]

glistening in Scrabble®

The word glistening 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: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters glistening:

GLISTENING
(117)
GLISTENING
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (21 words)

ginseng, glisten, ignites, inlines, lensing, lignins, lignite, linings, linnets, listing, nesting, sieging, signing, silting, singing, singlet, sniggle, tensing, tilings, tinging, tingles

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word glistening

GLISTENING
(117)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In glistening

GLISTENING
(117)
GLISTENING
(117)
SNIGGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIEGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SINGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
GINSENG
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIGNING
(86 = 36 + 50)
TINGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GINSENG
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GINSENG
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TINGING
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TINGING
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SIEGING
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SIGNING
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SIEGING
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SINGING
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SIGNING
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SINGING
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SNIGGLE
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TINGING
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SNIGGLE
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SINGING
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SIEGING
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TILINGS
(82 = 32 + 50)
LENSING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LININGS
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SINGLET
(82 = 32 + 50)
GLISTEN
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LIGNINS
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TINGLES
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IGNITES
(82 = 32 + 50)
LISTING
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TENSING
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LIGNITE
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NESTING
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SILTING
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GINSENG
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TINGING
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SNIGGLE
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SNIGGLE
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SINGING
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SINGING
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SNIGGLE
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SNIGGLE
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SINGING
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IGNITES
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SINGLET
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TINGING
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SINGLET
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GINSENG
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GINSENG
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LISTING
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TINGING
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GLISTEN
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GINSENG
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TINGING
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GINSENG
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GINSENG
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TINGING
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LENSING
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TINGLES
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SIEGING
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SIEGING
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TILINGS
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SIEGING
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NESTING
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LIGNITE
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TENSING
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LININGS
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INLINES
(78 = 28 + 50)
GLISTENING
(78)
GLISTENING
(78)
LINNETS
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TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
LIGNITE
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SINGLET
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LIGNITE
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LIGNITE
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TILINGS
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TENSING
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TINGING
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LENSING
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LIGNINS
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LININGS
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SINGLET
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TILINGS
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LININGS
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GLISTEN
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IGNITES
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LISTING
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SIEGING
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TINGLES
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TINGLES
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TINGLES
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SNIGGLE
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LIGNITE
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SIEGING
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LININGS
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INLINES
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LINNETS
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NESTING
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SILTING
(74 = 24 + 50)
SINGING
(74 = 24 + 50)
SINGLET
(74 = 24 + 50)

glistening in Words With Friends™

The word glistening 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™ Play In The Letters glistening:

GLISTENING
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (21 words)

ginseng, glisten, ignites, inlines, lensing, lignins, lignite, linings, linnets, listing, nesting, sieging, signing, silting, singing, singlet, sniggle, tensing, tilings, tinging, tingles

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word glistening

GLISTENING
(207)
GLISTENING
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In glistening

GLISTENING
(207)
GLISTENING
(189)
GLISTENING
(126)
GLISTENING
(114)
SNIGGLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
GINSENG
(104 = 69 + 35)
SINGING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
TINGING
(104 = 69 + 35)
SIEGING
(101 = 66 + 35)
LIGNINS
(101 = 66 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
SIGNING
(98 = 63 + 35)
GINSENG
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SIGNING
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TINGING
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SINGING
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SINGING
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TINGING
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SIGNING
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LIGNITE
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LIGNINS
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LENSING
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LININGS
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SIEGING
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LENSING
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LININGS
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SIEGING
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SNIGGLE
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TINGING
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SINGLET
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GINSENG
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TILINGS
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SIGNING
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SILTING
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TINGLES
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TENSING
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TINGING
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TINGLES
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SNIGGLE
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TINGING
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SINGING
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NESTING
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SINGING
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GLISTEN
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SINGLET
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SINGING
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GINSENG
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TINGING
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GINSENG
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SINGING
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LISTING
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LININGS
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SIEGING
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IGNITES
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LININGS
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LIGNINS
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SIEGING
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LINNETS
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GINSENG
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GLISTENING
(80)
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LIGNITE
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SINGLET
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SINGLET
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Words containing the sequence glistening

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Words that end with glistening (1 word)

Word Growth involving glistening

Shorter words in glistening

is list listen glisten

en ten listen glisten

in listening

is list listen listening

en ten listen listening

Longer words containing glistening

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