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About BLOCK
BLOCK is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).
Definitions
noun
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
verb
- render unsuitable for passage
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- stop from happening or developing
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- run on a block system
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- shape into a block or blocks
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
BLOCK in Wordle
BLOCK was the Wordle answer on Jan. 25, 2024 (#950). Stuck on today’s? Use the Wordle helper.
Synonyms
Also: city block, mental block, pulley-block, pulley block, engine block, cylinder block, auction block, block off, block up, choke up, close up, blank out, draw a blank.
Not playable in Scrabble US: IMMOBILISE.