Unscramble BLACK

The letters unscramble into 16 words (12 common). The longest is BLACK (5 letters), which uses every letter, and the best Scrabble play is BLACK for 13 points.

Best plays from BLACK

Top 10 by Scrabble score (face value). Words With Friends values are shown in the full list.

All 16 words from BLACK

Points shown as Scrabble · Words With Friends

5-letter words 1

  • black13 · 16

4-letter words 4

  • back12 · 14
  • lack10 · 12
  • balk10 · 12
  • calk10 · 12

3-letter words 6

  • lab5 · 7
  • cab7 · 9
  • lac5 · 7
  • bal5 · 7
  • alb5 · 7
  • kab9 · 10

2-letter words 5

  • la2 · 3
  • al2 · 3
  • ba4 · 5
  • ab4 · 5
  • ka6 · 6

Letter values in BLACK

5 letters: 1 vowel, 4 consonants. All tiles together are worth 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends.

What the top words mean

BLACK
n. a person with African ancestry, ‘Negro’ and ‘Negroid’ are archaic and pejorative today; adj. being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
BACK
adj. related to or located at the back; adj. located at or near the back of an animal
LACK
n. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; v. be without

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Questions about BLACK

What is the longest word you can make from BLACK?

BLACK, with 5 letters. It uses every letter, so it is full anagrams of BLACK.

How many words can you make with BLACK?

16 words of two letters or more, 12 of them everyday words: 1 with 5 letters, 4 with 4 letters, 6 with 3 letters, 5 with 2 letters.

Is BLACK a valid Scrabble word?

BLACK is in the ENABLE word list we use, which is close to the official North American Scrabble dictionary (NWL), so it is very likely playable. It is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends before board bonuses. For a tournament ruling, check the official dictionary for your game.

What is the highest-scoring word in BLACK?

BLACK scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends at face value. Next best: BACK (12), LACK (10), BALK (10).

Also searched as: words with b l a c k

Words come from the public-domain ENABLE list (172,823 words), ordered by how often they appear in English Wikipedia. Definitions: Open English WordNet. Tournament lists differ slightly; see our methodology.