maroon

/mə'run/ adjectiveverbnoun
6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
ADJECTIVE
1

Of dark brownish to purplish red.

VERB
1

Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.

“the travellers were marooned”

2

Leave stranded on a desert island without resources.

“The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”

NOUN
1

A dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color.

2

An exploding firework used as a warning signal.

3

A person who is stranded (as on an island).

“when the tide came in I was a maroon out there”

WORD FORMS
Starts withM
Ends withN
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®8 points
Words With Friends®10 points
Double word16 points
Triple word24 points
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Pig Latinaroonmay
Starts & ends withM … N
Syllablesma · roon
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