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Is hue a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hue is a Scrabble US word. The word hue is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

H4U1E1

Is hue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hue is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

H4U1E1

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Yes. The word hue is a Words With Friends word. The word hue is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3U2E1

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3-letter words (1 found)

HUE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EH,HE,UH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 5 words from hue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of hue

hue uhe heu ehu ueh euh

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Definitions and meaning of hue

hue

Pronunciation

  • (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /hjuː/, [çu̟ː]
  • (US) IPA(key): /hju/, [çu], /ju/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /hjʉː/, [çʉː]
  • (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /hɪu̯/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: hew, Hugh, Hiw

Etymology 1

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”). Cognate with Swedish hy (“complexion, skin”), Norwegian hy (“fluff, mold, skin”), Icelandic hégómi (“vanity”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 (hiwi, “form, show, appearance”). Compare also Sanskrit छवि (chavi, “cuticle, skin, hide; beauty, splendour”); Irish ceo (“fog”), Tocharian B kwele (“black, dark grey”), Lithuanian šývas (“light grey”), Albanian thinjë (“grey”), Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, “brown”).

Alternative forms

  • hew (obsolete)

Noun

hue (countable and uncountable, plural hues)

  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. (figuratively) A character; aspect.
  4. (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.
Derived terms
  • hued
Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French hu or Old French heu, a hunting cry.

Noun

hue (plural hues)

  1. (obsolete) A shout or cry.
Derived terms
  • hue and cry

References

Anagrams

  • HEU

Aragonese

Alternative forms

  • güe

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hue

  1. today

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Noun

hue c (singular definite huen, plural indefinite huer)

  1. a hat of soft material (often wool), worn in cold times
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse huga (“think”).

Verb

hue (imperative hu, infinitive at hue, present tense huer, past tense huede, perfect tense har huet)

  1. (transitive) To please

French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare German hü, hüa, Dutch ju.

Interjection

hue!

  1. yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right
    Antonym: dia!
Derived terms
  • à hue et à dia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of huer

Verb

hue

  1. inflection of huer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “hue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • euh

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?].

Noun

hue

  1. A gourd

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian [Term?].

Noun

hue

  1. A gourd (plant)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hue

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hue

  1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Noun

hue f or m (definite singular hua or huen, indefinite plural huer, definite plural huene)

  1. a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat
Synonyms
  • lue

Etymology 2

Noun

hue n (definite singular huet, indefinite plural huer, definite plural hua or huene)

  1. (dialect, metonymically) a head
Synonyms
  • hode

References

  • “hue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²hʉː.ə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Alternative forms

  • huve

Noun

hue f (definite singular hua, indefinite plural huer, definite plural huene)

  1. a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat
    Synonyms: lue, luve

Etymology 2

Noun

hue n (definite singular huet, indefinite plural hue, definite plural hua)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)

References

  • “hue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • huehue, huehuehue and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huˈe/, /ˈhwe/

Interjection

hue

  1. (Brazil, Internet slang) expressing laugh; hahaha

Source: wiktionary.org