black (5 letters)
black
13
- Length
- 5 letters
- Scrabble score
- 13 points
- Frequency
- Very common
- Pronunciation
- BLAK
What it means
- verb — make or become black
- noun — the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
- noun — total absence of light
- noun — British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
- noun — popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)
- noun — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today
- noun — (board games) the darker pieces
- noun — black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
- adjective — being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
- adjective — of or belonging to a racial group especially of sub-Saharan African origin
- adjective — marked by anger or resentment or hostility
- adjective — offering little or no hope
- adjective — stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- adjective — (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
- adjective — (of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood
- adjective — extremely dark
- adjective — harshly ironic or sinister
- adjective — (of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading
- adjective — distributed or sold illicitly
- adjective — (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
- adjective — (of coffee) without cream or sugar
- adjective — soiled with dirt or soot