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DARK

Unscramble DARK and check whether it appears in our curated word list. Its tile scores below are calculated for common word-game scoring systems. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends, before any board multipliers.

Letter by Letter

LetterdarkTotal
Scrabble21159
Words With Friends21159

Word Game Intelligence

DARK Analysis

Vowel & Consonant Structure

1 vowel · 3 consonants

Vowels (A at #2)

Hook Letters (Scrabble / WWF)

Front hooks: None
Back hooks: -S -Y

High-value tiles: K

Hive & Anagram Power

4 unique letters · 8 sub-words

Valid Spelling Bee / WordHive puzzle candidate (uses ≤7 unique letters).

Anagrams of DARK

No other word in our dictionary uses exactly these letters — a full-rack play of DARK can't be rearranged.

Words Inside DARK

8 shorter words can be built from these letters. Useful when DARK won't fit on the board.

3-letter words

ardarkdakrad

2-letter words

adardaka

What Does DARK Mean?

Definitions are provided by the third-party Free Dictionary API, with Datamuse as a fallback when it has no entry. Nothing is sent to either service unless you request this lookup.

DARK Appears In

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