green: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with G · ends with N
Meaning of green
noun
- countable, uncountable
The color of grass and leaves; a primary additive color midway between yellow and blue which is evoked by light between roughly 495–570 nm.
- capitalized, countable, sometimes, uncountable
A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
- countable, uncountable
A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
- countable, uncountable
The surface upon which bowls is played.
Listed forms: greens.
Source: Wiktionary — green.
adj
Of a green hue.
Example: He is wearing a green shirt.
- figuratively
Sickly, unwell.
Example: Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?
Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
- figuratively
Inexperienced.
Example: John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.
Listed forms: greener, greenest.
Source: Wiktionary — green.
verb
- transitive
To make or turn (something) green or greener.
To become or grow green in color.
- transitive
To add greenspaces to (a town, etc.).
- intransitive
To become environmentally aware.
Listed forms: greens, greening, greened.
Source: Wiktionary — green.
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 green.
adjective
of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass
- greenish
- light-green
- dark-green
adjective
not fully developed or mature; not ripe
adjective
naive and easily deceived or tricked
- fleeceable
- gullible
noun
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is green in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of green
G(2) + R(1) + E(1) + E(1) + N(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 green
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from green
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in green. Showing up to 24, longest first.