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Word entry · 3 letters

lit

Best crossword clue

"Illuminated"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted iltStarts with LEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. provided with artificial light

Word origin

Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”).

Used in a sentence

  • […] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.
  • With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!
  • He walked down the lit corridor.

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