Yes, black is in the scrabble dictionary
...and is worth 16 points by itself.
black
adjective
1. Appearing to emanate from a source other than the actual point of origin. Used chiefly of intelligence operations: black propaganda; black radio transmissions.
2. Attended with disaster; calamitous: a black day; the stock market crash on Black Friday.
3. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
4. Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor: a black comedy.
5. Cheerless and depressing; gloomy: black thoughts.
biographical name
1. Sir James Whyte 1924– British pharmacologist.
2. Hugo LaFayette 1886–1971 Am. jurist & polit.
geographical name
1. River 500 (805 ) Asia rising in Yunnan, China & flowing to Red River in Vietnam.
2. River 101 (162 ) Louisiana flowing into Red River.
idiom
1. In the black On the credit side of a ledger; prosperous.
noun
1. A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
2. A pigment or dye having this color value.
3. An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.
4. Clothing of the darkest hue, especially such clothing worn for mourning.
5. Complete or almost complete absence of light; darkness.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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black | 13 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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al | 2 |
ab | 4 |
ba | 4 |
la | 2 |
ka | 6 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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ack | 9 |
lac | 5 |
lab | 5 |
kab | 9 |
cab | 7 |
bal | 5 |
alb | 5 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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calk | 10 |
balk | 10 |
back | 12 |
lack | 10 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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black | 13 |