sapphire

sapphire is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
2. noun. The color of the gem; bright blue.
3. noun. Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue.
4. adjective. Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
5. noun. a light shade of blue

   Synonyms: azure, cerulean, lazuline

6. noun. a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
7. noun. a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone
8. adjective. of something having the color of a blue sapphire

   "sapphire eyes"

Synonyms

azure, cerulean, lazuline

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sapphire:

papisher

Common word forms

sapphired, sapphires

Words from these letters

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