purple: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with P · ends with E
Meaning of purple
noun
- countable, uncountable
A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
- countable, uncountable
Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
- countable, uncountable
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
Example: to put on the imperial purple
- broadly, countable, uncountable
Imperial power.
Listed forms: purples.
Source: Wiktionary — purple.
adj
Of a purple hue.
- US
Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
Example: purple state
- Belgium, Netherlands
Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Imperial; regal.
Listed forms: purpler, purplest.
Source: Wiktionary — purple.
verb
- intransitive
To turn purple in colour.
- transitive
To dye purple.
- transitive
To clothe in purple.
Listed forms: purples, purpling, purpled.
Source: Wiktionary — purple.
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 purple.
adjective
of a color intermediate between red and blue
adjective
excessively elaborate or showily expressed
- empurpled
- over-embellished
adjective
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
noun
a color between red and blue
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is purple in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
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Letter-value score of purple
P(3) + U(1) + R(1) + P(3) + L(1) + E(1) = 10 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 purple
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 purple
25 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in purple. Showing up to 24, longest first.