i 1 n 1 c 3 a 1 n 1 d 2 e 1 s 1 c 3 e 1 n 1 t 1
12 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective emitting light as a result of being heated
adjective characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
originBorrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- candescent 15
- incandesce 15
- intendances 14
- accidents 14
- cadencies 14
- desiccant 14
- desiccate 14
- intendance 13
- canescent 13
- accented 13
- accident 13
- cadences 13