Definitions For Blue

noun

  • A type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
  • A state of depression
  • Any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
  • The sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  • Blue clothing
  • Blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
  • Any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
  • The sky as viewed during daylight
  • Used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

verb

  • Turn blue
  • The color of the clear sky
  • The sky or the sea

adjective

  • Causing dejection
  • Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
  • Characterized by profanity or cursing
  • Filled with melancholy and despondency
  • Morally rigorous and strict
  • Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  • Used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
  • Suggestive of sexual impropriety

Is Blues a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
10

The word Blue is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Blue in a Sentence

  • Shocked at the blue banter she heard on that satellite-radio talk show
  • A cold, dreary day always leaves me blue
  • Her favorite color is blue.
  • A mixture of blues and greens
  • They sailed off into the blue.

Synonyms for Blue

Antonyms for Blues

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