Definition of glistering

"glistering" in the adjective sense

1. aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

"bugle beads all aglitter"

"glinting eyes"

"glinting water"

"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"

"shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"

"glittery costume jewelry"

"scintillant mica"

"the scintillating stars"

"a dress with sparkly sequins"

"`glistering' is an archaic term"

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Quotations for glistering

At last the golden oriental gate
Of greatest heaven began to open fair;
And Phoebus, fresh as bridegroom to his mate,
Came dancing forth shaking his dewy hair,
And hurled his glistering beams through gloomy air. [ Spenser ]

Verily, I swear, it is better to be lowly born, and range with humble livers in content than to be perked up in a glistering grief, and wear a golden sorrow. [ Shakespeare ]

glistering in Scrabble®

The word glistering 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 glistering:

GLISTERING
(117)
GLISTERING
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

gingers, girlies, girling, girnels, glisten, glister, gristle, igniter, ignites, lignite, lingers, lintier, listing, niggler, resting, ringgit, ringlet, serging, sieging, siltier, silting, singlet, slinger, sniggle, stinger, tiering, tilings, tingler, tingles

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word glistering

GLISTERING
(117)
GLISTERING
(117)
GLISTERING
(78)
GLISTERING
(78)
GLISTERING
(52)
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GLISTERING
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GLISTERING
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GLISTERING
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GLISTERING
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GLISTERING
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GLISTERING
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GLISTERING
(15)

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

GLISTERING
(117)
GLISTERING
(117)
SNIGGLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
RINGGIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIEGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
GIRLING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SERGING
(86 = 36 + 50)
GINGERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
NIGGLER
(86 = 36 + 50)
SERGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GIRLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GINGERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIEGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIEGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GINGERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
NIGGLER
(83 = 33 + 50)
GINGERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIEGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
SERGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
GIRLING
(83 = 33 + 50)
NIGGLER
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGGIT
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGGIT
(83 = 33 + 50)
SERGING
(83 = 33 + 50)
RINGGIT
(83 = 33 + 50)
NIGGLER
(83 = 33 + 50)
GRISTLE
(82 = 32 + 50)
TINGLER
(82 = 32 + 50)
IGNITES
(82 = 32 + 50)
SLINGER
(82 = 32 + 50)
LINGERS
(82 = 32 + 50)
SINGLET
(82 = 32 + 50)
TINGLES
(82 = 32 + 50)
GLISTEN
(82 = 32 + 50)
TILINGS
(82 = 32 + 50)
LIGNITE
(82 = 32 + 50)
IGNITER
(82 = 32 + 50)
GLISTER
(82 = 32 + 50)
SILTING
(82 = 32 + 50)
GIRNELS
(82 = 32 + 50)
RESTING
(82 = 32 + 50)
RINGLET
(82 = 32 + 50)
LISTING
(82 = 32 + 50)
STINGER
(82 = 32 + 50)
GIRLIES
(82 = 32 + 50)
TIERING
(82 = 32 + 50)
LISTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SIEGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
TINGLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
SIEGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GLISTEN
(80 = 30 + 50)
GRISTLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
IGNITER
(80 = 30 + 50)
TINGLES
(80 = 30 + 50)
NIGGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
RESTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SILTING
(80 = 30 + 50)
NIGGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
TINGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
GINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
GLISTER
(80 = 30 + 50)
IGNITES
(80 = 30 + 50)
GINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
GINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
TIERING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
GINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
TINGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SERGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLIES
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGGIT
(80 = 30 + 50)
TILINGS
(80 = 30 + 50)
LINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
NIGGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRNELS
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
GIRLING
(80 = 30 + 50)
LIGNITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SIEGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SIEGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SLINGER
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGGIT
(80 = 30 + 50)
SIEGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SERGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SERGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
SINGLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 30 + 50)
SERGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGGIT
(80 = 30 + 50)
NIGGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
STINGER
(80 = 30 + 50)
LINGERS
(80 = 30 + 50)
SERGING
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGGIT
(80 = 30 + 50)
NIGGLER
(80 = 30 + 50)
RINGGIT
(80 = 30 + 50)
SINGLET
(80 = 30 + 50)
SILTIER
(78 = 28 + 50)
LINTIER
(78 = 28 + 50)
GLISTERING
(78)
GLISTERING
(78)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITER
(77 = 27 + 50)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
RINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
RINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
RINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
SERGING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TILINGS
(77 = 27 + 50)
SIEGING
(77 = 27 + 50)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITES
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITER
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITER
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITER
(77 = 27 + 50)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
SILTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
IGNITER
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
SNIGGLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
SINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLIES
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRLING
(77 = 27 + 50)
GIRNELS
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SLINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
STINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
TIERING
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
STINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
GRISTLE
(77 = 27 + 50)
STINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
STINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
SILTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
SILTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
SILTING
(77 = 27 + 50)
RINGLET
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
STINGER
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTEN
(77 = 27 + 50)
GLISTER
(77 = 27 + 50)

glistering in Words With Friends™

The word glistering 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: 16

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

GLISTERING
(180)
GLISTERING
(180)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

gingers, girlies, girling, girnels, glisten, glister, gristle, igniter, ignites, lignite, lingers, lintier, listing, niggler, resting, ringgit, ringlet, serging, sieging, siltier, silting, singlet, slinger, sniggle, stinger, tiering, tilings, tingler, tingles

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word glistering

GLISTERING
(180)
GLISTERING
(180)
GLISTERING
(108)
GLISTERING
(108)
GLISTERING
(76)
GLISTERING
(76)
GLISTERING
(72)
GLISTERING
(72)
GLISTERING
(68)
GLISTERING
(68)
GLISTERING
(66)
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(66)
GLISTERING
(64)
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(64)
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(60)
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(60)
GLISTERING
(52)
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(52)
GLISTERING
(48)
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(48)
GLISTERING
(44)
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(44)
GLISTERING
(36)
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(36)
GLISTERING
(32)
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(32)
GLISTERING
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(20)
GLISTERING
(20)
GLISTERING
(19)
GLISTERING
(19)
GLISTERING
(19)
GLISTERING
(19)

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

GLISTERING
(180)
GLISTERING
(180)
GLISTERING
(108)
GLISTERING
(108)
NIGGLER
(104 = 69 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(104 = 69 + 35)
SIEGING
(101 = 66 + 35)
SERGING
(101 = 66 + 35)
GINGERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
GIRLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
GIRLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
NIGGLER
(98 = 63 + 35)
GIRLING
(98 = 63 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(98 = 63 + 35)
LIGNITE
(98 = 63 + 35)
NIGGLER
(98 = 63 + 35)
RINGGIT
(95 = 60 + 35)
GINGERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIEGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIEGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SERGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
GINGERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RINGGIT
(95 = 60 + 35)
RINGGIT
(95 = 60 + 35)
SERGING
(95 = 60 + 35)
RINGLET
(92 = 57 + 35)
TINGLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
RINGLET
(92 = 57 + 35)
GIRNELS
(92 = 57 + 35)
LINGERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
LISTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
LINGERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
TINGLER
(92 = 57 + 35)
LINGERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
GIRLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
GIRLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(92 = 57 + 35)
TINGLES
(92 = 57 + 35)
GIRLING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SINGLET
(92 = 57 + 35)
GLISTEN
(92 = 57 + 35)
NIGGLER
(92 = 57 + 35)
NIGGLER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SLINGER
(92 = 57 + 35)
NIGGLER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TINGLER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SLINGER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TILINGS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SINGLET
(92 = 57 + 35)
SILTING
(92 = 57 + 35)
GIRNELS
(92 = 57 + 35)
RINGGIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
TIERING
(89 = 54 + 35)
RINGGIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIEGING
(89 = 54 + 35)
GINGERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
GLISTER
(89 = 54 + 35)
IGNITES
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRISTLE
(89 = 54 + 35)
STINGER
(89 = 54 + 35)
RINGGIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
RESTING
(89 = 54 + 35)
IGNITER
(89 = 54 + 35)
SERGING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SERGING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SERGING
(89 = 54 + 35)
GINGERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIEGING
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIEGING
(89 = 54 + 35)
GINGERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
GIRLIES
(89 = 54 + 35)
NIGGLER
(87 = 52 + 35)
NIGGLER
(87 = 52 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(87 = 52 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(87 = 52 + 35)
NIGGLER
(87 = 52 + 35)
GIRLING
(87 = 52 + 35)
GIRLING
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GIRLING
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SNIGGLE
(87 = 52 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLER
(86 = 51 + 35)
SILTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SILTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
SILTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
SLINGER
(86 = 51 + 35)
RINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
LISTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LISTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LINTIER
(86 = 51 + 35)
SINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTEN
(86 = 51 + 35)
LISTING
(86 = 51 + 35)
NIGGLER
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GIRNELS
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TINGLES
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SNIGGLE
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SNIGGLE
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TINGLES
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TINGLES
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GIRLING
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TINGLES
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GIRNELS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TILINGS
(86 = 51 + 35)
LIGNITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLER
(86 = 51 + 35)
LIGNITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GIRLING
(86 = 51 + 35)
RINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLER
(86 = 51 + 35)
TINGLER
(86 = 51 + 35)
RINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
LINGERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RINGLET
(86 = 51 + 35)
TILINGS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TILINGS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GIRLING
(86 = 51 + 35)
LINGERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GLISTER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GINGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
GINGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
GIRLIES
(83 = 48 + 35)
GINGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRISTLE
(83 = 48 + 35)
STINGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
RESTING
(83 = 48 + 35)
IGNITES
(83 = 48 + 35)
STINGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRISTLE
(83 = 48 + 35)
SERGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SERGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SERGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SERGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GLISTER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GIRLIES
(83 = 48 + 35)
SERGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
TIERING
(83 = 48 + 35)
RESTING
(83 = 48 + 35)
IGNITES
(83 = 48 + 35)
TIERING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GINGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
IGNITER
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIEGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
GIRLIES
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIEGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIEGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIEGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
IGNITER
(83 = 48 + 35)
RINGGIT
(83 = 48 + 35)
RINGGIT
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIEGING
(83 = 48 + 35)
RINGGIT
(83 = 48 + 35)
TILINGS
(80 = 45 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIGNITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LINGERS
(80 = 45 + 35)
GIRNELS
(80 = 45 + 35)
NIGGLER
(80 = 45 + 35)
LINGERS
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLISTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
SNIGGLE
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLISTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
LISTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
GLISTEN
(80 = 45 + 35)
GIRLING
(80 = 45 + 35)
SLINGER
(80 = 45 + 35)
NIGGLER
(80 = 45 + 35)
NIGGLER
(80 = 45 + 35)
GIRNELS
(80 = 45 + 35)
SLINGER
(80 = 45 + 35)
LISTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIGNITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LISTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
SILTING
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIGNITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
GIRNELS
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SILTING
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SLINGER
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SLINGER
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GIRNELS
(80 = 45 + 35)
LIGNITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
LISTING
(79 = 44 + 35)
SILTING
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TINGLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
LIGNITE
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TILINGS
(79 = 44 + 35)
SILTING
(79 = 44 + 35)
TINGLES
(79 = 44 + 35)
LISTING
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TILINGS
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SINGLET
(79 = 44 + 35)
LINGERS
(79 = 44 + 35)
LIGNITE
(79 = 44 + 35)

Words within the letters of glistering

2 letter words in glistering (6 words)

9 letter words in glistering (1 word)

10 letter words in glistering (1 word)

glistering + 1 blank (2 words)

glistering + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence glistering

Words that start with glistering (1 word)

Words with glistering in them (1 word)

Words that end with glistering (1 word)

Word Growth involving glistering

Shorter words in glistering

is list glister

in ring

Longer words containing glistering

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