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Definition of illuminating

"illuminating" in the verb sense

1. light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate

make lighter or brighter

"This lamp lightens the room a bit"

2. 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"

3. illuminate

add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

"illuminating" in the adjective sense

1. enlightening, informative, illuminating

tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

"an enlightening glimpse of government in action"

"an illuminating lecture"

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

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illuminating in Scrabble®

The word illuminating 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters illuminating:

ILLUMINATING

(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

gallium, initial, intagli, lilting, limning, lingual, mailing, malting, mauling, militia, milling, minting, mulling, nailing, tailgun, tailing, tilling, unalign, uniting

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ILLUMINATING

(162)

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illuminating in Words With Friends™

The word illuminating 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: 22

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

ILLUMINATING

(306)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (19 words)

gallium, initial, intagli, lilting, limning, lingual, mailing, malting, mauling, militia, milling, minting, mulling, nailing, tailgun, tailing, tilling, unalign, uniting

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word illuminating

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ILLUMINATING

(306)

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Words within the letters of illuminating

2 letter words in illuminating (14 words)

ag ai am an at in it la ma mi mu nu ta un

3 letter words in illuminating (32 words)

ail aim all ant gal gam gin gnu gum gun gut ill inn lag lam lit lug man mat mil mug nag nil nit nun nut tag tam tan tau tin tug

4 letter words in illuminating (38 words)

agin alum aunt gain gait gall gill gilt glia glum glut gnat gull lain lilt limn lint lung magi mail main mall malt maul mill mini mint mull nail naut null tail tall till ting tuna ulna unit

5 letter words in illuminating (15 words)

align annul gamut gaunt giant glial glint guilt ilium inula limit unlit unman untag until

6 letter words in illuminating (25 words)

ailing aiming allium alumni annuli anting gunman illium inulin lignin liming lingua lining malign mating mining muting naming taming tiling timing tinman tuning ultima untill

7 letter words in illuminating (19 words)

gallium initial intagli lilting limning lingual mailing malting mauling militia milling minting mulling nailing tailgun tailing tilling unalign uniting

8 letter words in illuminating (5 words)

inguinal intaglii limiting mantling muniting

9 letter words in illuminating (1 word)

miniating

10 letter words in illuminating (3 words)

illuminant illumining unlimiting

12 letter words in illuminating (1 word)

illuminating

illuminating + 2 blanks (3 words)

illuminatingly reilluminating unilluminating

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Words containing the sequence illuminating

Words that start with illuminating (2 words)

illuminating illuminatingly

Words with illuminating in them (1 word)

illuminating

Words that end with illuminating (4 words)

disilluminating illuminating reilluminating unilluminating

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Word Growth involving illuminating

Shorter words in illuminating

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in tin ting

Longer words containing illuminating

disilluminating

illuminatingly

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