/hju/
noun

Is HUE a Scrabble word?

Yes. HUE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.

  2. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.

    “In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.”

  3. Character; aspect.

    “This puts a completely different hue on the matter.”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: hue via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīew (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparition; hue, color; beauty; figure of speech”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiwi, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“hue, form, shape, appearance; mildew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, colour of the skin”) or *ḱey- (“grey, dark shade”).

HUE at a glance

HUE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (H 4 + U 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #14,920 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -HUE

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