Meaning
- (verb) To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
- (verb) Of colours, to be very bright; to be so bright as to appear to radiate as a light source.
Letter breakdown
- Fluoresce contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Words from these letters
- closure
- creoles
- recluse
- refocus
- refuels
- closer
- course
- creels
- creole
- flours
- forces
- fouler
- fresco
- refuel
- refuse
- rescue
- secure
- source
- ulcers
- clefs
- close
- clues
- cores
- creel
- cruel
- cures
- curls
- curse
- euros
- feces
- feels
- flees
- floes
- flour
- flues
- focus
- force
- fores
- fouls
- fours
- frees
- fuels
- furls
- leers
- locus
- loser
- louse
- lucre
- lures
- reefs
- reels
- reuse
- roles
- rouse
- rules
- score
- scour
- scurf
- ulcer
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with FLU
- flu
- flub
- flubbed
- flubbing
- flubs
- fluctuate
- fluctuated
- fluctuates
- fluctuating
- fluctuation
- fluctuations
- flue
- fluency
- fluent
- fluently
- flues
- fluff
- fluffed
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Words ending with SCE
Reader questions
What does Fluoresce mean?
To emit electromagnetic radiation, especially visible light, when absorbing radiation of some other wavelength.
How many letters are in Fluoresce?
Fluoresce has 9 letters.
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