northern lights
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The aurora of the northern hemisphere.
name
Alternative letter-case form of northern lights.
Example Sentences
- "A common and beautiful side-effect of high solar activity is the Aurora Borealis - the northern lights that dance across Arctic skies. […] Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines."