blue: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with B · ends with E
Meaning of blue
adj
Of a blue hue.
Example: the deep blue sea
- informal
Depressed, melancholic, sad.
Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
Example: My hands were blue with cold.
Pale, without redness or glare.
Example: The candle burns blue.
Listed forms: bluer, bluest, blew, blewe.
Source: Wiktionary — blue.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- countable, uncountable
Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
Example: I don't like red Smarties. Have you got a blue?
- countable, uncountable
A blue dye or pigment.
- uncountable
Blue clothing.
Example: The boys in blue marched to the pipers.
Listed forms: blues, blew, blewe.
Source: Wiktionary — blue.
verb
- ergative
To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- transitive
To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- transitive
To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- Australia, intransitive, slang
To fight, brawl, or argue.
Listed forms: blues, blueing, bluing, blued, blew, blewe.
Source: Wiktionary — blue.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for blue.
adjective
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
adjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
- gloomy
- grim
- depressed
- dispirited
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- down in the mouth
- low
- low-spirited
adjective
characterized by profanity or cursing
adjective
suggestive of sexual impropriety
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is blue in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of blue
B(3) + L(1) + U(1) + E(1) = 6 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of blue
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from blue
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in blue. Showing up to 24, longest first.