dun
NOUNVERBADJECTIVE
/dən/
3 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
dun is a valid 3-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
D2U1N1
2 + 1 + 1 =4 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 8TRIPLE WORD → 12
MEANING
What does dun mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color.
“she wore dun”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Horse of a dull brownish grey color.
BROADER
VERB · 4 SENSES
1
Treat cruelly.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
2
Cure by salting.
“dun codfish”
BROADER
3
Make a dun color.
BROADER
4
Persistently ask for overdue payment.
“The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone”
BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color.
“the dun and dreary prairie”
SIMILAR
AT THE BOARD
Anagrams of dun
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