red

/rɛd/ nounadjective
3 letters1 syllable4 points in Scrabble®4 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS7
NOUN
1

The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue.

“the company operated in the red last year”

2

Red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood.

3

A tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana.

4

Emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries.

ADJECTIVE
1

Characterized by violence or bloodshed.

“convulsed with red rage”

2

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.

3

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.

“turned red from exertion”

“with puffy reddened eyes”

WORD FORMS
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Scrabble®4 points
Words With Friends®4 points
Double word8 points
Triple word12 points
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Pig Latinedray
Starts & ends withR … D
Syllablesred
SYNONYMS & RELATED28
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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