blike means to shine; gleam. It carries an Arena rating of 1769, earned across 9 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, blike ranks #1,818 of 12,539 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,449 of 12,310 for Most Sublime Words, #6,168 of 12,530 for Most Satisfying to Say, #11,828 of 12,562 for Funniest Words.
blike is pronounced /blaɪk/.
Why “blike” is a great word
To emit a steady, clear light; to shine or gleam. From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan ("to shine, glitter, dazzle"), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną ("to gleam, shine"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ("to shine"). Unlike "glimmer," which suggests a faint and wavering flicker, or "glitter," which implies a scattered, showy sparkle, to blike is to shine with a quiet, unbroken constancy. It is the cold gleam of a whetstone blade, the muted sheen of old beeswax on a wooden table, or the patient radiance of a porcelain dish on a sunlit shelf—a fundamental act of light, prior to all dazzle and decay.
Etymology
From Middle English bliken, from Old English blīcan (“to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle”), from Proto-West Germanic *blīkan, from Proto-Germanic *blīkaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine”). Compare blick.