BLACKBODY is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. BLACKBODY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLACKBODY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLACKBODY is to know. It scores 23 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLACKBODY
No single letter turns BLACKBODY into another word.
How BLACKBODY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BLACKBODY, 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 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BLACKBODY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BLACKBODY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An ideal object that absorbs all the radiation that strikes it and reflects none.
In physics a blackbody is a useful model, because the light it gives off depends only on its temperature and not on what it is made of. Stars and glowing metal approximate this behaviour, and the idea led directly to quantum theory.
How BLACKBODY is used
Used in physics and astronomy, often as blackbody radiation.
- A perfect blackbody does not exist in nature.
- The blackbody spectrum peaks at shorter waves when hotter.
- Physicists treated the furnace as a blackbody.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLACKBODY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BLACKBODY
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Common questions about BLACKBODY
- Is BLACKBODY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLACKBODY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLACKBODY worth?
- BLACKBODY is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLACKBODY mean?
- An ideal object that absorbs all the radiation that strikes it and reflects none.
- What letters can be added to BLACKBODY?
- No single letter can be added to BLACKBODY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BLACKBODY:
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