Is LIGHTINGS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, LIGHTINGS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does LIGHTINGS mean?
Lightings is a form of LIGHTING.
- noun
having abundant light or illumination
“they played as long as it was light”
- noun
apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
- noun
the craft of providing artificial light
“an interior decorator must understand lighting”
- noun
the act of setting something on fire
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
L (1) + I (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) + S (1) = 14 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 LIGHTINGS
LIGHTINGS 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.
Anagrams of LIGHTINGS
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from LIGHTINGS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- slighting14
- lighting13
- sighting13
- sighing12
- hilting11
- histing11
- insight11
- lights10
- nights10
- slight10
- things10
- nihils9
- light9
- nighs9
- night9
- sight9
- thing9
- listing8
- silting8
- tilings8
- hilts8
- hints8
- nihil8
- thins8
- ghis8
- nigh8
- sigh8
- glints7
- isling7
- siting7
- tiling7
- hili7
- hilt7
- hins7
- hint7
- hisn7
- hist7
- hits7
- shin7
- shit7
- sinh7
- sith7
- thin7
- this7
- ghi7
- instil6
- gilts6
- glint6
- lings6
- sigil6
- sling6
- sting6
- tings6
- gigs6
- iggs6
- hin6
- his6
- hit6
- nth6
- intis5
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