maroon
ADJECTIVEVERBNOUN
/mə'run/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH M
maroon is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3A1R1O1O1N1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does maroon mean?
ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1
Of dark brownish to purplish red.
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.
“the travellers were marooned”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
Leave stranded on a desert island without resources.
“The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”
BROADER
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color.
BROADER
2
An exploding firework used as a warning signal.
BROADER
3
A person who is stranded (as on an island).
“when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”
BROADER
AT THE BOARD