BLOCK is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BLOCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BLOCK?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLOCK is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLOCK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLOCK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLOCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 588,184.
What does BLOCK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A solid piece of hard material with flat sides, or a section of a city bounded by streets.
A block can be a physical object, such as a block of wood, stone or ice cut with flat sides for building or carving. The same word also names a section of a city bounded by streets on every side, so people give directions by counting blocks rather than distances. In sport and games a block is an action that stops an opponent, and the word extends to a mental block, where a person cannot recall or produce something. Because the core sense is a solid, self-contained unit, block appears across building, geography, sport and psychology with the same underlying idea.
How BLOCK is used
In everyday speech block most often means a building material or a section of a street; the related verb sense is equally common.
- The children stacked one wooden block on top of another.
- Walk two blocks north and turn left at the bakery.
- The mason cut the block of limestone into a smooth cube.
- The defender managed to block the shot on goal.
- She suffered a sudden block and forgot the rest of her speech.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLOCK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLOCK
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with BLOCK.
Words ending in BLOCK
12 words end in BLOCK. Useful as a back hook: play BLOCK onto a word already on the board.
Words with BLOCK inside
19 words contain BLOCK in the middle. Words that start with BLOCK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BLOCK
Common questions about BLOCK
- Is BLOCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BLOCK, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BLOCK worth?
- BLOCK is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLOCK mean?
- A solid piece of hard material with flat sides, or a section of a city bounded by streets.
- What letters can be added to BLOCK?
- BLOCK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLOCK:
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