ALIGHT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ALIGHT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALIGHT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALIGHT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALIGHT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alightsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALIGHT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALIGHT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What does ALIGHT mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To step down from a vehicle or a horse, or, of a bird or insect, to come down and settle on a surface.
The verb suggests a gentle, deliberate arrival: a passenger leaving a train at a station or a butterfly landing on a flower both alight. It has a slightly literary tone, and everyday speech usually prefers get off or land. A separate adjective, also spelled alight, means burning or lit up, and the two senses come from different roots.
How ALIGHT is used
Common in transport announcements and in descriptive writing, where it sounds more polished than get off.
- Passengers must alight at the next stop.
- A small bird chose to alight on the fence post.
- She waited for the carriage to halt before she would alight.
- Gulls alight on the pier each evening.
- The knight was too weary to alight unaided.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALIGHT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALIGHT
5 longer words begin with ALIGHT.
Shorter words from the letters in ALIGHT
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Common questions about ALIGHT
- Is ALIGHT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALIGHT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALIGHT worth?
- ALIGHT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALIGHT mean?
- To step down from a vehicle or a horse, or, of a bird or insect, to come down and settle on a surface.
- What letters can be added to ALIGHT?
- ALIGHT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALIGHT:
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