red
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
Noun 4 meanings
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
“Red can be seen as hot or angry.”
A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
Red wine.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of a red hue.
“The girl wore a red skirt.”
Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
“Her hair had red highlights.”
Having a redder hue than usual due to embarrassment, anger, sunburn, etc.; flushed.
Having a brown color.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós, from *h₁rewdʰ- + *-ós.
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RED at a glance
RED has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + D 2) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #454 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with red
All rhymes- CONSIDERED14
- REQUIRED18
- COMPARED15
- OFFERED14
- APPEARED13
- COVERED13
- DISCOVERED17
- ORDERED9
- PREPARED13
- ENTERED8
- HUNDRED12
- TIRED6
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