6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
noun a dark purplish-red color
noun dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
verb drink claret
originFrom Middle English claret, from Middle French claret, from Medieval Latin clārātum vīnum, from clārus. Compare tent (“Spanish red wine”), also from color. Doublet of clairet.
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