red

NOUNADJECTIVE /rɛd/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH R

red is a valid 3-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1D2
1 + 1 + 2 =4 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 8TRIPLE WORD → 12
MEANING

What does red mean?

NOUN · 4 SENSES
1

The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue.

“the company operated in the red last year”

SYNONYMS
2

Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood.

SYNONYMS
3

A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana.

SYNONYMS
4

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.

BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 3 SENSES
1

Characterized by violence or bloodshed.

“convulsed with red rage”

SIMILAR
2

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

SIMILAR
RELATED
3

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.

“turned red from exertion”

“with puffy reddened eyes”

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Anagrams of red

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS

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