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Benighting

b 3e 1n 1i 1g 2h 4t 1i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Rare · present participle of benight

  • Scrabble US & Canada : not valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : not valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does benighting mean?

verb

  1. overtake with darkness or night

  2. envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness

    “The benighted peoples of this area”

  3. make darker and difficult to perceive by sight

    Synonymsbedim

Definitions shown for benight, the base form of benighting.

Is BENIGHTING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) No
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) No
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BENIGHTING worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
b 3e 1n 1i 1g 2h 4t 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

21 pts
b 4e 1n 2i 1g 3h 3t 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

20 pts
b 4e 1n 1i 1g 3h 4t 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

21 pts
b 4e 1n 1i 1g 4h 3t 1i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BENIGHTING

Hooks for BENIGHTING

Add one letter to the front or back of BENIGHTING to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

benightings

Words that end like BENIGHTING

Common words that share the ending -IGHTING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

delightinghighlightingalightingmoonlightingspotlightingfloodlightingfightinglightingsightingblightingfrightingknightingplightingslightingcopyrightingrighting
All words ending in -IGHTING

Benighting: quick answers

Is BENIGHTING a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. BENIGHTING is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is BENIGHTING worth?
BENIGHTING scores 17 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 20 in Wordfeud and 21 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does benighting mean?
benighting is the present participle of benight, which means “overtake with darkness or night”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BENIGHTING?
You can make 133 shorter words from BENIGHTING, such as BIGHTING, BENIGHT, NEIGHING, BINGEING. See the full list.