grey

VERBNOUNADJECTIVE /greɪ/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH G

grey is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
G2R1E1Y4
2 + 1 + 1 + 4 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING

What does grey mean?

VERB · 2 SENSES
1

Make grey.

“The painter decided to grey the sky”

SYNONYMS
2

Turn grey.

“Her hair began to grey”

SYNONYMS
NOUN · 7 SENSES
1

Horse of a light gray or whitish color.

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2

Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey.

“the Confederate army was a vast grey”

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3

Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845).

4

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554).

5

Clothing that is a grey color.

“he was dressed in grey”

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7

United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939).

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ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1

Intermediate in character or position.

“a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal”

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2

Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.

SIMILAR
3

Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms).

“a stalwart grey figure”

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SIMILAR
4

Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.

“the little grey cells”

“a man with greyish hair”

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Anagrams of grey

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