Amber

/ˈam.bə/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts5 letters

Definition of Amber

noun

Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
A yellow-orange colour.
The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
"an amber codon, an amber mutation, an amber suppressor"

verb

To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
"ambered wine, an ambered room"
To preserve in amber.
"an ambered fly"
To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
To take on the yellow colour of amber.

adjective

Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.

Anagrams of Amber

Exact Anagrams

2 words using all 5 letters:

Words You Can Make

25 words can be made from the letters in "amber":

5-LETTER WORDS

4-LETTER WORDS

bare barm beam bear bema berm brae mabe mare ream

3-LETTER WORDS

arb are arm bam bar bra ear era mae mar ram reb rem

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "amber" and rearranging:

+ccamber crambe

+lambler blamer lamber marble ramble

+sambers breams embars

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

yellowambergris

ANTONYMS

greenred

Rhyming Words

abandoner abaser abater abetter abhorrer abider abjurer abler abolisher aborter abrader abridger abrupter absconder absenter+5 more

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