BLUE — 4 letter word
blue
The word blue has 4 letters: B, L, U, E. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Blue has 1 anagram: lube. As a adjective, it means "causing dejection".
4 letter word "blue": B L U E — adjective
Scrabble score: 6 Words With Friends score: 9
Letter analysis of blue
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of blue
adjective
- causing dejection "a blue day" Synonyms: dark
- of the color intermediate between green and violet Synonyms: bluish
- characterized by profanity or cursing Synonyms: blasphemous, profane
- filled with melancholy and despondency Synonyms: low
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy Synonyms: gentle, aristocratic, aristocratical, blue-blooded, patrician
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms) "a ragged blue line"
- suggestive of sexual impropriety "a blue movie" Synonyms: gamy
- morally rigorous and strict Synonyms: puritanic, puritanical
noun
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate Synonyms: amobarbital sodium, blue angel, blue devil
- blue clothing "The police were dressed in blue."
- blue color or pigment Synonyms: blueness
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue "the Union army was a vast blue"
- the sky as viewed during daylight "The archer shot an arrow into the blue." Synonyms: blue sky, blue air
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge Synonyms: bluing, blueing
verb
- to turn blue "You are bluing."