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yellow

yellow is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 13 senses

Definitions

  1. 1superlative

    Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.

  2. 2noun

    A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.

  3. 3noun

    A yellow pigment.

  4. 4transitive verb

    To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

  5. 5intransitive verb

    To become yellow or yellower.

  6. 6noun

    yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

    Synonyms

    yellowness
  7. 7verb

    turn yellow

    "The pages of the book began to yellow"

  8. 8adjective

    easily frightened

    Synonyms

    chickenchickenhearted
  9. 9adjective

    of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

    Synonyms

    xanthousyellowish
  10. 10adjective

    affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

    Synonyms

    ictericjaundiced
  11. 11adjective

    cowardly or treacherous-M.W.Straight

    "the little yellow stain of treason"

    "too yellow to stand and fight"

  12. 12adjective

    changed to a yellowish color by age

    "yellowed parchment"

    Synonyms

    yellowed
  13. 13adjective

    typical of tabloids

    "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"

    "yellow press"

Synonyms

yellownesschickenchickenheartedxanthousyellowishictericjaundicedyellowed

Common word forms

yellowsyellowedyelloweryellowlyyellowestyellowingyellowness

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