b 3 l 1 a 1 c 3 k 5 n 1 e 1 s 1 s 1
9 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
noun total absence of light
originInherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- backless 16
- blackens 16
- blacken 15
- slackens 14
- blacks 14
- slacken 13
- backs 13
- becks 13
- black 13
- blanks 12
- bleaks 12
- cankle 12