Grey

/ɡɹeɪ/

Scrabble:8 ptsWWF:8 pts4 letters
Definition of Grey

adjective

  1. Having a color.

    "Wash colored items separately from whites and darks to prevent the colors from bleeding."

  2. Having a particular color or kind of color.

    "The room was red, with a dark-colored rug."

  3. Having prominent colors; colorful.

    "The singer wore a colored shirt."

  4. Influenced pervasively but subtly.

    "My opinions are colored by my upbringing."

  5. Of skin color other than white; in particular, black.

verb

  1. To become grey.

    "My hair is beginning to grey."

  2. To cause to become grey.
  3. To turn progressively older, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

    "the greying of Europe"

  4. To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.

adjective

  1. Having a color somewhere between white and black, as the ash of an ember.
  2. Dreary, gloomy.
  3. Having an indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality.
  4. Relating to older people.

    "the grey dollar, i.e. the purchasing power of the elderly"

Anagrams of Grey

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "grey":

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Grey"

Grey is a 4-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "grey" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Grey" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "grey" is a low-scoring word.