Lightning

/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:18 pts9 letters

Definition of Lightning

noun

A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
"Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder."
A discharge of this kind.
"That tree was hit by lightning."
Anything that moves very fast.
The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.

verb

To produce lightning.

adjective

Extremely fast or sudden; moving (as if) at the speed of lightning.

Anagrams of Lightning

Words You Can Make

46 words can be made from the letters in "lightning":

8-LETTER WORDS

glinting lighting tingling

7-LETTER WORDS

hilting hinging hinting linting nighing tinging

6-LETTER WORDS

lignin lining tiling tining

5-LETTER WORDS

glint light linin night nihil ninth thing

4-LETTER WORDS

gilt hili hilt hint inti ling linn lint nigh thin ting

3-LETTER WORDS

ghi gig gin git hin hit igg inn lin lit nil nit nth til tin

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "lightning" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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