light-years
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- The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers
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| 1 | lights | 1 | 47 |
| 2 | fighters | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | slightest | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | lighter | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | lightest | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | liters | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | lighthearted | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | light-year | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | lighters | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | nighters | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | lightens | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | lightness | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | lightner | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | lighty | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | rightmyer | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | lightfast | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | flightier | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | fighters' | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | fighter's | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | lamplighters | 3 | 0 |
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Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
This Huge Galactic Structure Is 23 Million Light-Years Long, And We Can't Comprehend It
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A Rogue Planet the Size of Saturn Detected 10,000 Light-Years From Earth
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Astronomers Spot a Record-Breaking 'Space Laser' 8 Billion Light-Years Away
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