colour: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with C · ends with R
Meaning of colour
noun
- countable, uncountable
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
Listed forms: colours, color.
Source: Wiktionary — colour.
adj
- not-comparable
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
Listed forms: color.
Source: Wiktionary — colour.
verb
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
Listed forms: colours, colouring, coloured, color.
Source: Wiktionary — colour.
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 colour.
adjective
having or capable of producing colors
noun
any material used for its color
- coloring material
- colouring material
- color
noun
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
noun
interest and variety and intensity
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is colour in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Not found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of colour
C(3) + O(1) + L(1) + O(1) + U(1) + R(1) = 8 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 colour
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 colour
21 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in colour. Showing up to 24, longest first.