Bluish
6 lettersadjectivemoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Having a slight blue tint or hue, tending towards blue in colour without being fully blue.
“The patient's lips took on a bluish tinge in the cold air, prompting immediate concern.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/ˈbluːɪʃ/
Syllables
blu·ish
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Wordle
BL start with UI vowel pair, ends in ISH, one of the most common English suffixes and easy to recognise once guessed
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Scrabble
Worth 11 points, the ISH ending is common, the H at the end can hook onto certain adjacent words on the board
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