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— English words —

• lighten v. (Transitive) To make brighter or clearer; to illuminate.
• lighten v. (Intransitive) To become brighter or clearer; to brighten.
• lighten v. (Intransitive, now rare) To flash lightning, to give off lightning.
• lighten v. (Transitive) To emit or disclose in, or as if in, lightning; to flash out, like lightning.
• lighten v. To illuminate with knowledge; to enlighten.
• lighten v. (Transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
• lighten v. (Transitive) To make light or lighter in weight.
• lighten v. (Transitive) To make less serious or more cheerful.
• lighten v. (Intransitive) To become light or lighter in weight.
• lighten v. (Intransitive) To become less serious or more cheerful.
• lighten v. To descend; to light.

— English words, defined in French —

• lighten v. Éclaircir, éclairer.
• lighten v. Alléger.

35 English words from 11 English definitions

alleviate as␣if become brighten brighter burden cheerful clearer descend disclose emit enlighten flash give give␣off illuminate Intransitive knowledge less light lighter lightning like make more now off out rare reduce serious the Transitive weight with

3 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Alléger Éclaircir éclairer

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

lightens lightened lightener lighten␣up lighteners lightenest lighteneth lightening lightens␣up lightened␣up light␣engine lightenings light␣engines lightening␣up light␣entertainment lighten␣someone's␣purse

56 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

alightens blightens slightens alightened blightened enlightens illightens inlightens relightens slightened alightening blightening enlightened enlightener forlightens illightened outlightens relightened slightening unlightened enlighteners enlightenest enlighteneth enlightening illightening outlightened overlightens relightening enlightenable enlightenedly enlightenment Enlightenment outlightening overlightened unenlightened Enlightened␣One enlighteningly enlightenments flight␣engineer flight␣envelope misenlightened overlightening unenlightening enlightenedness flight␣engineers flight␣envelopes unenlightenable unenlightenedly unenlighteningly enlightened␣tyrant +6 words

11 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

alighten blighten flighten slighten enlighten illighten inlighten relighten forlighten outlighten overlighten

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

IGH 'igh ight lig lig. light Light ten TEN

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

eth Eth ETH -eth eth- Eth. Gil GIL net Net NET .NET Neth Neth. THG

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

enlight lething Thilgen

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

alighten atheling blighten clingeth enlights flighten flingeth glinteth Hoelting hoteling Leighton letching lightens light␣eon lightmen Lightner lightpen light␣pen mingleth New␣Light penlight slighten slingeth Stehling Tenglish thinglet Thingley

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

elting Elting Etling Gethin heling Hingle Leight length linget lithen Neligh niglet thinge tingle Tingle

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

lighted lighter lightin' Mighten nighten righten sighten tighten

4 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

light␣eon lightmen lightpen light␣pen

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