enlightening

ADJECTIVE
12 LETTERS · STARTS WITH E

enlightening is a valid 12-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
E1N1L1I1G2H4T1E1N1I1N1G2
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING

What does enlightening mean?

ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1

Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.

SYNONYMS
2

Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.

“an enlightening glimpse of government in action”