ochre

ochre is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or yellow (limonite), -- used as a pigment in making paints, etc. The name is also applied to clays of other colors.
2. noun. A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite.
3. noun. See Ocher.
4. noun. a moderate yellow-orange to orange color

   Synonyms: ocher

5. noun. any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment

   Synonyms: ocher

6. adjective. of a moderate orange-yellow color

   Synonyms: ocher

Synonyms

ocher

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ochre:

chore, ocher, roche

Common word forms

ochred, ochres, ochring, ochreous

Words from these letters

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