black

VERBADJECTIVENOUN /blæk/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH B

black is a valid 5-letter word worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
B3L1A1C3K5
3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 =13 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 26TRIPLE WORD → 39
MEANING

What does black mean?

VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Make or become black.

“The smoke blackened the ceiling”

“The ceiling blackened”

ADJECTIVE · 14 SENSES
1

Distributed or sold illicitly.

“the black economy pays no taxes”

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2

Offering little or no hope.

“the future looked black”

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3

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin.

4

Harshly ironic or sinister.

“black humor”

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5

Being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light.

“black leather jackets”

“as black as coal”

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6

Marked by anger or resentment or hostility.

“black looks”

“black words”

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7

(of coffee) without cream or sugar.

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8

(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading.

“black propaganda”

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9

Of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin.

“a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization”

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10

(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame.

“Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands”

11

Extremely dark.

“a black moonless night”

“through the pitch-black woods”

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12

Stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable.

“black deeds”

“a black lie”

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13

(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood.

“a face black with fury”

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14

Soiled with dirt or soot.

“with feet black from playing outdoors”

“his shirt was black within an hour”

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NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

Total absence of light.

“in the black of night”

3

Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning).

“the widow wore black”

4

(board games) the darker pieces.

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BROADER
5

Popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928).

6

The quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white).

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7

British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799).

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