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— English words —

• benight v. (Chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
• benight v. To darken; to shroud or obscure.
• benight v. To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.

20 English words from 3 English definitions

before Chiefly darken darkness especially etc intellectual moral night obscure overtake overwhelmed passive plunge reached shelter shroud the traveller with

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

benights benighted benighten benighter benightens benighters benighting benightedly benightened benightings benightment benightening benightments benightedness

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unbenighted

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ben Ben IGH 'igh ight nig nigh Nigh night Night

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

gin Gin gine -ine neb NEB Neb. THG

10 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

beathing be␣a␣thing Beighton beknight benights berthing blighten brighten bringeth in␣the␣bag

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Gethin henbit thinge

7 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bedight befight behight belight be␣right by␣night se'night

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

beknight

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