What does BLIND mean?

Pronunciation
/blaɪnd/
Letters
5
Scrabble score
8
Words With Friends score
11
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group“he spent hours reading to the blind”
  2. a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters)“he waited impatiently in the blind”
  3. a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”
  4. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity“he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge”

adjective

  1. unable to see“a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision”
  2. unable or unwilling to perceive or understand“blind to a lover's faults”
  3. not based on reason or evidence“blind hatred”

verb

  1. render unable to see

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

blinds9blindest11

Anagrams of BLIND

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside BLIND

15 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

bind7 blin6bid6 bin5 dib6din4lib5lid4 lin3nib5nil3bi4id3 in2 li2

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Questions

Is BLIND a valid word in word games?

BLIND is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is BLIND worth?

BLIND is worth 8 points with Scrabble letter values and 11 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from BLIND?

15 other words, including IN, ID, BID and LI.