colour
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Is colour a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of colour?
Definition
noun (English)
1. any material used for its colorExamples: "she used a different color for the trim"Synonyms: color, coloring material, colour, colouring material
2. a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)Synonyms: color, colour, people of color, people of colour
3. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interactionExamples: "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"Synonyms: color, colour
4. interest and variety and intensityExamples: "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"Synonyms: color, colour, vividness
5. the timbre of a musical soundExamples: "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"Synonyms: color, coloration, colour, colouration
6. a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflectExamples: "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"Synonyms: color, coloring, colour, colouringAntonyms: colorlessness
verb (English)
1. modify or biasExamples: "His political ideas color his lectures"Synonyms: color, colour
2. decorate with colorsExamples: "color the walls with paint in warm tones"Synonyms: color, colour, emblazon
3. give a deceptive explanation or excuse forExamples: "color a lie"Synonyms: color, colour, gloss
4. affect as in thought or feelingExamples: "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"Synonyms: color, colour, distort, tinge
5. add color toExamples: "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"Synonyms: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourizeAntonyms: discolor
6. change color, often in an undesired mannerExamples: "The shirts discolored"Synonyms: color, colour, discolor, discolour
adjective (English)
1. having or capable of producing colorsExamples: "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"Synonyms: color, colourAntonyms: black-and-white
Definition source: Wiktionary