Alights

7 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Third-person singular of alight: comes to rest or settles on a surface.

“A robin alights on the garden fence each morning before flying to the bird table.”

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Synonyms

landsdescendsdismounts

Antonyms

takes offdeparts rises

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Ends in GHT, the silent GH combination makes this tricky to guess phonetically

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H=4 is the top-scoring tile here, a 7-letter word for a strong bingo play

Words Related to Alights

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “alights” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

blights flights

Words you can make from Alights

Shorter words formed from the letters in “alights”.

alight latish lights slight agist alish alist gaist gaits ghast ghats gilts gisla glist hails halts hilsa hilts ihlat laigh laith lathi laths ligas

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