red: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with R · ends with D
Meaning of red
noun
- countable, uncountable
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
Example: Red can be seen as hot or angry.
- countable
A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
- countable
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
- countable, uncountable
Red wine.
Listed forms: reds.
Source: Wiktionary — red.
adj
Of a red hue.
Example: The girl wore a red skirt.
Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
Example: Her hair had red highlights.
Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
Having a brown color.
Listed forms: redder, reddest.
Source: Wiktionary — red.
intj
Used to indicate that the speaker wishes current sexual activity to stop immediately.
Source: Wiktionary — red.
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 red.
adjective
of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
adjective
characterized by violence or bloodshed
adjective
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
noun
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is red in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of red
R(1) + E(1) + D(2) = 4 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 red
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 red
4 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in red. Showing up to 24, longest first.