maroon
/mə'run/
adjectiveverbnoun
6 letters2 syllables8 points in Scrabble®10 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
ADJECTIVE
1
VERBOf dark brownish to purplish red.
1
Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.
“the travellers were marooned”
2
NOUNLeave stranded on a desert island without resources.
“The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island”
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
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinaroonmay
Starts & ends withM … N
Syllablesma · roon
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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