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Is bleak a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bleak is a Scrabble US word. The word bleak is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is bleak a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bleak is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Yes. The word bleak is a Words With Friends word. The word bleak is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

BLEAK,

4-letter words (12 found)

ABLE,ALBE,BAEL,BAKE,BALE,BALK,BEAK,BEAL,BLAE,KALE,LAKE,LEAK,

3-letter words (14 found)

AKE,ALB,ALE,BAE,BAL,BEL,ELK,KAB,KAE,KEA,KEB,LAB,LEA,LEK,

2-letter words (9 found)

AB,AE,AL,BA,BE,EA,EL,KA,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 37 words from bleak according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bleak

bleak lbeak belak eblak lebak elbak blaek lbaek balek ablek labek albek bealk ebalk baelk abelk eablk aeblk leabk elabk laebk alebk ealbk aelbk bleka lbeka belka eblka lebka elbka blkea lbkea bklea kblea lkbea klbea bekla ebkla bkela kbela ekbla kebla lekba elkba lkeba kleba eklba kelba blake lbake balke ablke labke albke blkae lbkae bklae kblae lkbae klbae bakle abkle bkale kbale akble kable lakbe alkbe lkabe klabe aklbe kalbe beakl ebakl baekl abekl eabkl aebkl bekal ebkal bkeal kbeal ekbal kebal bakel abkel bkael kbael akbel kabel eakbl aekbl ekabl keabl akebl kaebl leakb elakb laekb alekb ealkb aelkb lekab elkab lkeab kleab eklab kelab lakeb alkeb lkaeb klaeb akleb kaleb eaklb aeklb ekalb kealb akelb kaelb

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Definitions and meaning of bleak

bleak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bliːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Etymology 1

From Middle English bleke (also bleche, whence the English doublet bleach (“pale, bleak”)), and bleike (due to Old Norse), and earlier Middle English blak, blac (“pale, wan”), from Old English blǣc, blǣċ, blāc (“bleak, pale, pallid”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale, whitish”), all from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale, shining”).

Cognate with Dutch bleek (“pale, wan, pallid”), Low German blek (“pale”), German bleich (“pale, wan, sallow”), Danish bleg (“pale”), Swedish blek (“pale, pallid”), Norwegian Bokmål bleik, blek (“pale”), Norwegian Nynorsk bleik (“pale”), Faroese bleikur (“pale”), Icelandic bleikur (“pale, pink”).

Adjective

bleak (comparative bleaker, superlative bleakest)

  1. Without color; pale; pallid.
  2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  3. Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
Synonyms
  • (sickly pale): see also Thesaurus:pallid
Derived terms
  • bleaken
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bleke (“small river fish, bleak, blay”), perhaps an alteration (due to English blǣc (“bright”) or Old Norse bleikja) of Old English blǣġe (“bleak, blay, gudgeon”); or perhaps from a diminutive of Middle English *bleye (“blay”), equivalent to blay +‎ -ock or blay +‎ -kin. See blay.

Noun

bleak (plural bleaks or bleak)

  1. A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
Synonyms
  • ablet
  • alburn
  • blay
Derived terms
  • Danube bleak
  • sunbleak
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Anagrams

  • Balke, Blake, Kabel, Kaleb, blake

Source: wiktionary.org