Scrabble and Words with Friends

• BLACK is a valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• BLACK is a valid Words with Friends word worth 16 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• BLACK is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, b, c, k, l.

Definitions

• black

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

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• black

  noun total absence of light
  in the black of night

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• Black

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

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• Black

  noun popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

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• Black

  noun a person with African ancestry,

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• black

  noun (board games) the darker pieces

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• black

  noun black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
  the widow wore black

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• black

  verb make or become black
  The smoke blackened the ceiling
  The ceiling blackened

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• black

  adjective 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
  rich black soil

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• black

  adjective 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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• black

  adjective satellite marked by anger or resentment or hostility
  black looks
  black words

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• black

  adjective satellite offering little or no hope
  the future looked black

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• black

  adjective satellite stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
  black deeds
  a black lie
  his black heart has concocted yet another black deed

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• black

  adjective satellite (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
  the stock market crashed on Black Friday

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• black

  adjective satellite (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
  a face black with fury

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• black

  adjective satellite extremely dark
  a black moonless night
  through the pitch-black woods

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• black

  adjective satellite harshly ironic or sinister
  black humor

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• black

  adjective satellite (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
  black propaganda

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• black

  adjective satellite distributed or sold illicitly
  the black economy pays no taxes

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• black

  adjective satellite (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

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• black

  adjective satellite (of coffee) without cream or sugar

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• black

  adjective satellite soiled with dirt or soot
  with feet black from playing outdoors
  his shirt was black within an hour

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• Lookup BLACK using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'black'

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