blue
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How blue fits the hive
Base Score
1
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
B E L U
Two-Letter Start
BL
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
UE
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- 4 letters
- 4 unique letters
- BL start
- UE ending
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- blue is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include b, e, l, u plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
noun
A blue dye or pigment.
noun
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
noun
Blue clothing
"The boys in blue marched to the pipers."
noun
(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
noun
A member of law enforcement
noun
The sky, literally or figuratively.
"His request for leave came out of the blue."
noun
The ocean; deep waters.
noun
The far distance; a remote or distant place.
noun
Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
noun
A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
noun
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
noun
Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
noun
A bluefish.
noun
An argument.
noun
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
noun
A type of firecracker.
noun
A bluestocking.
noun
One of the three color charges for quarks.
verb
To make or become blue.
verb
To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
verb
(laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
verb
To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
adjective
Of the colour blue.
"the deep blue sea"
adjective
Depressed, melancholic, sad.
adjective
Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
"The candle burns blue."
adjective
Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
adjective
Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
adjective
(of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
adjective
(of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
adjective
Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
"blue and sour religionists; blue laws"
adjective
(of women) literary; bluestockinged.
adjective
Having a color charge of blue.
adjective
(entertainment) Risque or obscene
"His material is too blue for prime-time"
adjective
(entertainment) Pornographic or profane.
"The air was blue with oaths."
Related Words
Same Letters
- bluebell
- bubble
- lube
Synonyms
- xrated
- adult
Antonyms
- nonblue
- unblue
- antiblue