Definitions For Silhouetting

noun

  • A dark shape in front of a light background
  • A picture of something showing it as a dark shape on a light background ; especially : such a picture showing a person's face from the side
  • The shape or outline of something

verb

  • To make (someone or something) appear as a dark shape in front of a light background

Is Silhouetting 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
16
Words with Friends
19

The word Silhouetting is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Silhouetting in a Sentence

  • The silhouettes of buildings against the sky
  • The buildings appeared in silhouette against the sky.
  • My piano teacher has a framed silhouette of Mozart on her wall.
  • In the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun

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