BLACKBIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. BLACKBIRD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLACKBIRD?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLACKBIRD is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLACKBIRD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blackbirdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLACKBIRD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BLACKBIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BLACKBIRD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BLACKBIRD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A songbird of the thrush family, the male of which has glossy black feathers and an orange-yellow bill.
In Europe the blackbird is a common garden visitor, known for its rich, fluting song at dusk. Several unrelated American birds with dark plumage share the same name.
How BLACKBIRD is used
Used for the common European thrush and, in North America, for several dark-plumaged songbirds.
- A blackbird sang from the top of the chimney every evening.
- The female blackbird is brown rather than black.
- We watched a blackbird pull a worm from the lawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLACKBIRD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLACKBIRD
6 longer words begin with BLACKBIRD.
Shorter words from the letters in BLACKBIRD
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Common questions about BLACKBIRD
- Is BLACKBIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLACKBIRD, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLACKBIRD worth?
- BLACKBIRD is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLACKBIRD mean?
- A songbird of the thrush family, the male of which has glossy black feathers and an orange-yellow bill.
- What letters can be added to BLACKBIRD?
- BLACKBIRD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BLACKBIRD:
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