glisten

glisten is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.
2. noun. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

   Synonyms: glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle

3. verb. be shiny, as if wet

   "His eyes were glistening"

   Synonyms: gleam, glint, glitter, shine

Synonyms

glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle, gleam, glint, shine

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in glisten:

setling, singlet, sniglet, tingles

Common word forms

glistens, glistened, glistening

Words from these letters

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