Is BRIGHTNESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BRIGHTNESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 18 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BRIGHTNESSES mean?
Brightnesses is a form of BRIGHTNESS.
- noun
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
- noun
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- noun
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
“its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
18
Scrabble
20
Words With Friends
12
Letters
B (3) + R (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 18 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BRIGHTNESSES
BRIGHTNESSES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BRIGHTNESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- brightness16
- rightnesses15
- berthings15
- brightens15
- sightseers14
- berthing14
- brighten14
- rightness13
- sheetings13
- sightseen13
- sightseer13
- sightsees13
- herbiest13
- sherbets13
- brights13
- beestings12
- bignesses12
- greenish12
- greenths12
- rehinges12
- resights12
- seething12
- sheering12
- sheeting12
- sighters12
- sightsee12
- behests12
- henbits12
- sherbet12
- bights12
- bright12
- trignesses11
- beignets11
- esthesis11
- heisters11
- hessites11
- rebegins11
- reshines11
- girshes11
- greenth11
- hingers11
- nighest11
- rehinge11
- resight11
- sighers11
- sighter11
- behest11
- berths11
- births11
- bishes11
- briths11
- henbit11
- thebes11
- bight11
- ingresses10
- steerings10
- stressing10
- tigresses10
- beigest10
- beignes10
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