color

NOUNVERBADJECTIVE /kələr/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C

color is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
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3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does color mean?

NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

Any material used for its color.

“she used a different color for the trim”

RELATED
2

An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.

“the situation soon took on a different color”

3

The timbre of a musical sound.

“the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music”

4

A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.

“a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light”

5

(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.

“each flavor of quarks comes in three colors”

SYNONYMS
6

The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation.

SYNONYMS
RELATED
7

Interest and variety and intensity.

“the Puritan Period was lacking in color”

VERB · 6 SENSES
1

Affect as in thought or feeling.

“My personal feelings color my judgment in this case”

2

Add color to.

“The child colored the drawings”

“Fall colored the trees”

ANTONYMS
3

Decorate with colors.

“color the walls with paint in warm tones”

NARROWER
4

Give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.

“color a lie”

SYNONYMS
5

Change color, often in an undesired manner.

“The shirts discolored”

BROADER
RELATED
6

Modify or bias.

“His political ideas color his lectures”

SYNONYMS
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Having or capable of producing colors.

“color film”

“he rented a color television”

SYNONYMS
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of color

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

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