Lighten is valid Scrabble Word

Is lighten a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is lighten valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
11 points in Scrabble
13 points in WWF

Definitions for LIGHTEN in dictionary:

VERB:

to reduce the weight of
make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity
make or become more cheerful or less serious
make or become lighter or brighter
enlighten spiritually
flash with lightning
make less dark
To descend; to light.
To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash.
To grow lighter; to become less dark or lowering; to brighten; to clear, as the sky.

To make light or clear; to light; to illuminate; as, to lighten an apartment with lamps or gas; to lighten the streets.
To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
To emit or disclose in, or as in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
To free from trouble and fill with joy.
To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden.
To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief.
To cheer; to exhilarate.
make more cheerful
reduce the weight on; make lighter
make lighter or brighter
alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

Words related to LIGHTEN

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Words that contain LIGHTEN

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How to use LIGHTEN in a sentence

The Athenians trained this bird for fighting, and Severus used to lighten the cares of royalty by witnessing the spirit of its combats.
A light to lighten the gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israhel.
The weight began to lighten, she breathed more freely.
The old man was travelling with the Keseberg family, and, in the heavy sand, when that family walked to lighten the load, he was required to do likewise.
And this pure lake with all its freshening waves Will lighten pain and brighten my dark woe.
As for your sins, God has both the power and the will to lighten you of their weight, when he finds you disposed to penitence, and to make use of the mediation of his blessed Son.
Every day the loads will lighten, and so we ought to make the requisite progress.
Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! well hast thou done To lay down thy pack, And lighten thy back.
Never did he think of himself, of how he might lighten his tasks, give himself a little more leisure or rest.
Although I shared his secret, I could not lighten the burden of his superstition.

We cut away mast to lighten her, but more and more she grew fast to the bank, the waves striking all her side, pushing her over.
All of a sudden the clown made a clicking noise with his tongue and his figure began to straighten up and his face to lighten until it was all smiles.
By what means did he lighten the burden of government? 13.
There is a great darkness in the land, and we need lights to lighten it.
However, if inquiry can lighten our way, that shall not be wanting, and I will write to him as soon as we discover any thing, or despair of discovering.
As the distress was alluded to above, I may lighten the recent seriousness of my observations by an anecdote on the topic.
December 14, 1940 Greatest Need of the Hour Whenever the Guardian receives news of the spread of the Cause it brings him fresh hope and helps to lighten his heavy burden.
To lighten themselves, the soldiers threw away the gold, to obtain which they had dared so many dangers, and suffered so many hardships.
And really they do lighten our dull sitting-room wonderfully, and we are all proud of them.
They would not come back now, but the thought did not lighten his heart.
He had seen her eyes lighten as she made swift answer.
We examined the loads and, in order to lighten the carts as much as possible, we burned some heavy articles no longer required.
We could see them, half a mile off, making every effort to lighten her.
The bare feeling that some human being cared for him, seemed to lighten the load.
The moon was beginning to catch all the buildings and to lighten the heavens.
If in the fairest weather you observe it to lighten in the lee part of the horizon, you should prepare for a squall from that quarter, which is in general pretty severe.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them.

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