Definitions For Highlight

noun

  • An area of lightness in a picture
  • The most interesting or memorable part
  • Something (such as an event or a detail) that is very interesting, exciting, or important : the best part of something
  • A light spot or area

verb

  • Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
  • Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
  • To make or try to make people notice or be aware of (someone or something) : to direct attention to (someone or something)
  • To be a very interesting, exciting, or important part of (something)
  • To mark (something, such as text) with a bright color

Is Highlight a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
20
Words with Friends
20

The word Highlight is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Highlight in a Sentence

  • I missed the game, but I saw the highlights on the evening news.
  • Unfortunately, the media insisted upon highlighting his troubled past.
  • Our trip was highlighted by a great jazz concert we attended.
  • The students highlighted important vocabulary words in their textbooks.

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