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Is blackguard a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word blackguard is a Scrabble US word. The word blackguard is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

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Is blackguard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word blackguard is a Scrabble UK word and has 20 points:

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Is blackguard a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word blackguard is a Words With Friends word. The word blackguard is worth 25 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

BLACKGUARD,

7-letter words (1 found)

GRADUAL,

6-letter words (7 found)

BACKRA,BACULA,BUCKRA,BULGAR,CAUDAL,GARUDA,RADULA,

5-letter words (32 found)

ABACK,ALACK,ARGAL,AURAL,BAKRA,BARCA,BAULK,BLACK,BLAUD,BRACK,BURKA,CABAL,CAUDA,CAULD,CAULK,CRAAL,DARGA,DRACK,DUCAL,DURAL,GARDA,GLAUR,GRAAL,GUARD,GULAR,KABAR,KRAAL,LABDA,LABRA,LAURA,LUBRA,RUGAL,

4-letter words (102 found)

ABAC,AGAR,AGLU,ALAR,ALBA,ALGA,ARAK,ARBA,AULA,AULD,AURA,BAAL,BACK,BALD,BALK,BALU,BARD,BARK,BAUD,BAUK,BAUR,BLAD,BLAG,BLUD,BLUR,BRAD,BRAG,BRAK,BUCK,BUDA,BULK,BURA,BURD,BURG,BURK,BURL,CABA,CALK,CARB,CARD,CARK,CARL,CAUK,CAUL,CLAD,CLAG,CLUB,CRAB,CRAG,CRUD,CURB,CURD,CURL,DAAL,DACK,DARB,DARG,DARK,DAUB,DAUR,DRAB,DRAC,DRAG,DRUB,DRUG,DUAL,DUAR,DUCK,DUKA,DURA,GALA,GARB,GAUD,GAUR,GLAD,GRAB,GRAD,GRUB,GUAR,GUCK,GULA,GURL,KAAL,KAGU,KARA,KBAR,KRAB,KULA,LACK,LARD,LARK,LAUD,LUCK,LURK,RACA,RACK,RAGA,RAGU,RAKU,RUCK,RUGA,UDAL,

3-letter words (66 found)

AAL,ABA,AGA,AKA,ALA,ALB,ALU,ARB,ARC,ARD,ARK,AUA,AUK,BAA,BAC,BAD,BAG,BAL,BAR,BRA,BRU,BUD,BUG,BUR,CAA,CAB,CAD,CAG,CAL,CAR,CRU,CUB,CUD,CUR,DAB,DAG,DAK,DAL,DUB,DUG,GAB,GAD,GAK,GAL,GAR,GAU,GUB,GUL,GUR,KAB,LAB,LAC,LAD,LAG,LAR,LUD,LUG,LUR,RAD,RAG,RUB,RUC,RUD,RUG,URB,URD,

2-letter words (13 found)

AA,AB,AD,AG,AL,AR,BA,DA,GU,KA,LA,UG,UR,

You can make 222 words from blackguard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of blackguard

blackguard

Alternative forms

  • blaggard

Etymology

From black +‎ guard, thought to have referred originally to the scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who wore black liveries or blacked shoes and boots, or were often stained with soot.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈblæɡəd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈblæɡɚd/
  • Rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)d

Noun

blackguard (plural blackguards)

  1. The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment.
  2. (old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person.
    • 1830, Thomas Macaulay, Review of Robert Southey's edition of Pilgrim's Progress, in the Edinburgh Review
      A man whose manners and sentiments are decidedly below those of his class deserves to be called a blackguard.
    • 2006, Jan Freeman, 'Blaggards' of the year – Boston Globe
      "Arrr, keelhaul the blaggards!" wrote Ty Burr in the Globe last summer, pronouncing sentence on the malefactors who brought us the second "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie.
  3. (archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society.

Derived terms

  • blackguardism
  • blackguardly

Translations

See also

  • blagger

Verb

blackguard (third-person singular simple present blackguards, present participle blackguarding, simple past and past participle blackguarded)

  1. (transitive) To revile or abuse in scurrilous language.
  2. (intransitive) To act like a blackguard; to be a scoundrel.

Further reading

  • Blackguard in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.
  • “blackguard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Source: wiktionary.org