BLACK — 5 letter word

black

The word black has 5 letters: B, L, A, C, K. It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. As a adjective, it means "marked by anger or resentment or hostility".

5 letter word "black": B L A C K — adjective

Scrabble score: 13 Words With Friends score: 16

Letter analysis of black

Letter	Count	Type	Scrabble pts
B	1	Consonant	3
L	1	Consonant	1
A	1	Vowel	1
C	1	Consonant	3
K	1	Consonant	5

1 vowels, 4 consonants, 5 unique letters

Definition of black

adjective

marked by anger or resentment or hostility "black looks"
of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization- Martin Luther King Jr."
extremely dark "a black moonless night" Synonyms: pitch-black, pitch-dark
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood "a face black with fury" Synonyms: blackened
soiled with dirt or soot "with feet black from playing outdoors" Synonyms: smutty
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences Synonyms: fatal, fateful, calamitous, disastrous
stemming from evil characteristics or forces Synonyms: dark
deserving or bringing disgrace or shame, referring to conduct or character "The black record on the student's file was not pleasing for the parents to discover." Synonyms: inglorious, disgraceful, ignominious, opprobrious, shameful
offering little or no hope "the future looked black" Synonyms: dim, bleak
distributed or sold illicitly "the black economy pays no taxes" Synonyms: bootleg, black-market, contraband, smuggled
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading "black propaganda"
harshly ironic or sinister "black humor" Synonyms: grim, mordant

noun

black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning) "the widow wore black"
(board games) the darker pieces
the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white) Synonyms: blackness, inkiness
total absence of light Synonyms: blackness, lightlessness, pitch blackness

verb

to make or become black "The smoke blackened the ceiling." Synonyms: blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify

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