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Is greige a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word greige is a Scrabble US word. The word greige is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is greige a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word greige is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word greige is a Words With Friends word. The word greige is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

EGGIER,GREIGE,

5-letter words (3 found)

EGGER,GREGE,REGIE,

4-letter words (5 found)

EGER,GERE,GREE,GRIG,RIGG,

3-letter words (13 found)

EGG,ERE,ERG,GEE,GER,GIE,GIG,IGG,IRE,REE,REG,REI,RIG,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,ER,GI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 28 words from greige according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of greige

greige

Etymology

The adjective is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“of silk: raw, unfinished; of the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, adjective), from Italian greggio (“raw, unrefined; unbleached”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Vulgar Latin *gregius (as in lana *gregia (“untreated wool as obtained from the flock”)), from grex (“flock (of sheep, etc.)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“flock, herd; to gather”).

The noun is borrowed from French grège and Middle French grège (“raw or unfinished silk; the colour of such silk, greyish-beige”, noun), from Italian greggio: see above.

The spelling of the word is probably influenced by beige, likely because it was thought to be a blend of grey and beige.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grāzh, IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ/, /ɡɹɛʒ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪʒ/, /ɡɹɛʒ/, /ɡɹeɪ/
  • Homophones: gray, grey (one GA pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʒ, -ɛʒ, -eɪ

Adjective

greige (not comparable)

  1. (textiles) Of clothing, textiles, etc.: neither bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; unfinished.
  2. Of a colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric, between grey and beige.

Alternative forms

  • grege, grège

Derived terms

  • greige goods

Translations

Noun

greige (countable and uncountable, plural greiges)

  1. A colour like that of unbleached or undyed fabric between grey and beige, closely akin to taupe.
  2. (textiles, archaic) Clothing, textiles, etc., which have neither been bleached nor dyed, nor otherwise fully processed; greige goods.
    Synonyms: gray goods, grey goods

Alternative forms

  • grege, grège

Translations

References

Further reading

  • greige goods on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “greige, n. and adj.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
  • “greige, adj. and n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Geiger, Reggie, eggier, reggie

Source: wiktionary.org