blues: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with B · ends with S
Meaning of blues
noun
- form-of, plural
plural of blue
Base or related entry: blue.
Source: Wiktionary — blues.
noun
- countable, informal, plural-normally, uncountable
A feeling of sadness or depression.
Example: I've got the blues today.
- countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable
A feeling of sadness or depression. One's particular life experience, particularly including the hardships one has faced.
Example: Your blues is just like mine.
- countable, in-plural, informal, plural-normally, singular, uncountable
A feeling of sadness or depression. The negative emotional state produced by a particular action, occupation, experience, or idea.
Example: I've got the lonely man's blues.
- countable, uncountable
A musical form, of African-American origin, generally featuring an eight-bar or twelve-bar blues structure and using the blues scale.
Example: Many great blues musicians came from the Mississippi Delta region.
Source: Wiktionary — blues.
verb
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
third-person singular simple present indicative of blue
Base or related entry: blue.
Source: Wiktionary — blues.
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 blues.
noun
a state of depression
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is blues in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of blues
B(3) + L(1) + U(1) + E(1) + S(1) = 7 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 blues
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from blues
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in blues. Showing up to 24, longest first.