8 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
adjective of a color intermediate between red and blue
originEtymology tree English purple Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English purplish From purple + -ish.
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