exposure
exposure is a valid 8-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
What does exposure mean?
The state of being vulnerable or exposed.
“his exposure to ridicule”
Vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain.
“exposure to the weather”
“they died from exposure”
A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format.
Abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open).
Aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces.
“the studio had a northern exposure”
Presentation to view in an open or public manner.
“the exposure of his anger was shocking”
The act of exposing film to light.
The act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience.
“she denounced the exposure of children to pornography”
The disclosure of something secret.
“they feared exposure of their campaign plans”
The intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate.
“he used the wrong exposure”