grey

/greɪ/ verbnounadjective
4 letters1 syllable8 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS13
VERB
1

Make grey.

“The painter decided to grey the sky”

2

Turn grey.

“Her hair began to grey”

NOUN
1

Horse of a light gray or whitish color.

2

Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey.

“the Confederate army was a vast grey”

3

Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845).

4

Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554).

5

Clothing that is a grey color.

“he was dressed in grey”

6

A neutral achromatic color midway between white and black.

7

United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939).

ADJECTIVE
1

Intermediate in character or position.

“a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal”

2

Showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair.

3

Used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms).

“a stalwart grey figure”

4

Of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black.

“the little grey cells”

“a man with greyish hair”

WORD FORMS
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Double word16 points
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Starts & ends withG … Y
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