BENIGHTED
9 letters
16 Scrabble points
/bɪˈnaɪtɪd/
Definition of BENIGHTED
verb
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(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
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To darken; to shroud or obscure.
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To plunge or be overwhelmed in moral or intellectual darkness.
adjective
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Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
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Plunged into darkness.
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Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
Source: Wiktionary
Word Details
Letters
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D
Length
9 letters
Scrabble Score
16 points
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