gray: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with G · ends with Y
Meaning of gray
adj
- US
Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
- US, figuratively, sometimes
Dreary, gloomy, cloudy.
- US
Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
- US
Gray-haired.
Example: I have already gone gray and lost my looks.
Listed forms: grayer, grayest, grey.
Source: Wiktionary — gray.
verb
- US, ergative
To turn gray.
Example: My hair is beginning to gray.
- US, slang
To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
Example: the graying of America
- US, transitive
To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
Listed forms: grays, graying, grayed, grey.
Source: Wiktionary — gray.
noun
- US
An achromatic colour between black and white.
- US
A gray dye or pigment.
- US
A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of gray pigment.
- US
An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
Listed forms: grays, grey.
Source: Wiktionary — gray.
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 gray.
adjective
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
adjective
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
adjective
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
adjective
intermediate in character or position
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is gray in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of gray
G(2) + R(1) + A(1) + Y(4) = 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 gray
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 gray
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in gray. Showing up to 24, longest first.