Blackening

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:19 ptsWWF:25 pts10 letters

Definition of Blackening

verb

(causative) To cause to be or become black.
To become black.
"The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in."
(causative) To make dirty.
To defame or sully.
To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.

noun

The act of turning black in colour; a black stain or mark.

Anagrams of Blackening

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "blackening":

8-LETTER WORDS

binnacle blacking blanking clanking cleaning enabling enlacing

7-LETTER WORDS

aneling angelic anglice ankling backing baglike balking banking beaning becking blacken cabling calking eanling encinal+7 more

6-LETTER WORDS

alkine baking baling bangle baning benign caking calkin canine caning cannel cannie encina genial glance+6 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "blackening" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

defamedenigratesullytainttarnishblackdirtysoil

Rhyming Words

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