5 Letters
4 Consonants
1 Vowels
1 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use black as a article, noun, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
About Black
A 1 syllables article and 5 letters with the letters a, b, c, k, and l, 4 consonants, 1 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter a. Black starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, bl, bla, blac, and the ending characters are k, ck, ack, lack, ..
Definition
Black clothing (worn as a sign of mourning); "the widow wore black"
Origin/Roots
Middle English
School Grade
Black is set as a kindergarten word that starts with b, ends with k, 1 syllables, 1 vowels and 5 letters.
Scrabble
Is black a scrabble word? A 13 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Black in Pig Latin is said as "ackblay or ackblway".
Unigram
b | l | a | c | k
Bigram
bl | la | ac | ck
Trigram
bla | lac | ack
Quadrigram
blac | lack
Word Gram
Noun Examples
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)
a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
popular child actress of the 1930's (born 1927)
British chemist who identified carbon dioxide and who formulated the concepts of specific heat and latent heat (1728-1799)
total absence of light;
"they fumbled around in total darkness";
"in the black of night"
Verb Examples
make or become black;
"The smoke blackened the ceiling";
"The ceiling blackened"
Adjective Satellite Examples
marked by anger or resentment or hostility;
"black looks";
"black words"
extremely dark;
"a black moonless night";
"through the pitch-black woods";
"it was pitch-dark in the celler"
(of the face) made black especially as with suffused blood;
"a face black with fury"
soiled with dirt or soot;
"with feet black from playing outdoors";
"his shirt was black within an hour"
dressed in black;
"a black knight";
"black friars"
(of coffee) without cream or sugar
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences;
bringing ruin;
"the stock market crashed on black Friday";
"a calamitous defeat";
"the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign";
"such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fata
stemming from evil characteristics or forces;
wicked or dishonorable;
"black deeds";
"a black lie";
"his black heart has concocted yet another black deed";
"Darth Vader of the dark side";
"a dark purpose";
"dark undercurrents of ethnic hostility";
"the sc
(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"- Rachel Carson;
"an ignominious retreat";
"inglorious defeat";
"an opprobrious monument to human
offering little or no hope;
"the future looked black";
"prospects were bleak";
"Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge;
"took a dim view of things"
distributed or sold illicitly;
"the black economy pays no taxes"
(of intelligence operations) deliberately misleading;
"black propaganda"
harshly ironic or sinister;
"black humor";
"a grim joke";
"grim laughter";
"fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
Article Examples
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.
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"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Black"

There are 644 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to black.

SynonymDefinition
Aboa dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Abominableexceptionally bad or displeasing
"atrocious taste"
"abominable workmanship"
"an awful voice"
"dreadful manners"
"a painful performance"
"terrible handwriting"
"an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"
Aboriginala dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Aboriginea dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived
Absolutesomething that is conceived to be absolute
something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control
"no mortal being can influence the absolute"
Acheroniandark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"
"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
Acheronticdark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades
"in the depths of an Acheronian forest"
"upon those roseate lips a Stygian hue"-Wordsworth
Adversein an opposing direction
"adverse currents"
"a contrary wind"
Ailmentan often persistent bodily disorder or disease
a cause for complaining
American Indian Language

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from black.

Anagram Definition
Blackblack clothing (worn as a sign of mourning)
"the widow wore black"

View English words with the unique letters used in black. Words With The Letters Abckl

Hypernyms

Black has 4 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Article Of Clothing
Clothinga covering designed to be worn on a person''s body
Vesturea covering designed to be worn on a person''s body
Wearthe act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
"she bought it for everyday wear"

Names With The Word "Black"

2 names are spelled with black.

NameMaleFemale
BlackieNoNo
BlackNoNo

The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word black.

Is black a scrabble word or can you use black in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 522830 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 638628 games. This 5 letter 13 point scrabble word can be rearranged 120 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, b, c, k, and l? There's 3 with 7 letters or less with the letters a, b, c, k, and l. Here is a list of 3 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Black (5 letters) 13 16 black
Ballock (7 letters) 15 +2 19 +3 ballock
Blackly (7 letters) 18 +5 21 +5 abcklly





     

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