yellow: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 12 letter points · starts with Y · ends with W
Meaning of yellow
noun
- countable, uncountable
The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
- US, countable, uncountable
The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
- countable, uncountable
One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
- countable, uncountable
One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally British version of pool that makes use of unnumbered balls (the yellow(s) and red(s)); contrast stripes and solids in the originally American version with numbered balls).
Listed forms: yellows, yeallow, yeller, yaller.
Source: Wiktionary — yellow.
adj
Of a yellow hue.
Example: He had a yellow laptop in his bag.
- informal
Lacking courage.
Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
- derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
Of a hue attributed to Far East Asians, especially the Chinese.
Listed forms: yellower, yellowest, yeallow, yeller, yaller.
Source: Wiktionary — yellow.
verb
- intransitive
To become yellow or yellower.
- transitive
To make (something) yellow or yellower.
- historical, transitive
To promote (a captain) to flag rank without command of a squadron, ending his career; to make him a yellow admiral.
Listed forms: yellows, yellowing, yellowed, yeallow, yeller, yaller.
Source: Wiktionary — yellow.
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 yellow.
adjective
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
adjective
easily frightened
- chicken
- chickenhearted
- lily-livered
- white-livered
- yellow-bellied
adjective
changed to a yellowish color by age
adjective
typical of tabloids
- scandalmongering
- sensationalistic
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is yellow in our word lists?
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Letter-value score of yellow
Y(4) + E(1) + L(1) + L(1) + O(1) + W(4) = 12 points.
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Anagrams of yellow
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from yellow
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