color: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with C · ends with R
Meaning of color
noun
- uncountable
The spectral composition of visible light.
Example: Humans and birds can perceive color.
- countable
A subset thereof: A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
Example: Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
- uncountable
A subset thereof: Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
Example: The accident victim's face was white, drained of all color.
- countable, uncountable
A subset thereof: These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
Example: This film is broadcast in color.
Source: Wiktionary — color.
adj
- US, not-comparable
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
Example: Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Listed forms: colour.
Source: Wiktionary — color.
verb
- US, transitive
To give something color.
Example: We could color the walls red.
- US, transitive
To give something color. To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
- US, intransitive
To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
Example: My kindergartener loves to color.
- US
To become red through increased blood flow.
Example: Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
Listed forms: colors, coloring, colored, colour.
Source: Wiktionary — color.
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 color.
adjective
having or capable of producing colors
noun
a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
noun
interest and variety and intensity
noun
the timbre of a musical sound
- colour
- coloration
- colouration
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is color in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Not found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of color
C(3) + O(1) + L(1) + O(1) + R(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 color
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from color
13 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in color. Showing up to 24, longest first.