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Definition grue

Etymology 1

From Middle English gruen, probably from Middle Low German gruwen or Middle Dutch gruwen (Dutch gruwen), both from Proto-Germanic *gr?wijan?.

Verb

grue (third-person singular simple present grues, present participle gruing, simple past and past participle grued)

(intransitive, archaic) To be frightened; to shudder with fear.

Noun

grue (plural grues)

A shiver, a shudder.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gruesome.

Noun

grue (uncountable)

Any byproduct of a gruesome event, such as gore, viscera, entrails, blood and guts.

Etymology 3

Probably from gruesome; first used in Jack Vance's Dying Earth universe in the 1940s, but popularized by the text-based computer game Zork in 1980.

Noun

grue (plural grues)

A fictional man-eating predator that dwells in the dark.

Etymology 4

Blend of green +‎ blue. Coined by Nelson Goodman to illustrate concepts in the philosophy of science.

Adjective

grue (not comparable)

(philosophy) Of an object, green when first observed before a specified time or blue when first observed after that time.
(linguistics) Green or blue, as a translation from languages such as Welsh that do not distinguish between these hues.

Etymology 5

Noun

grue (uncountable)

(slang) Nutraloaf, a bland mixture of foods served in prisons.

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7 letter words with the letters GRUE ↑

AERUGOS 10

ARGUERS 10

ARGUSES 10

AUBERGE 13

AUGURED 12

AUGURER 11

BEARHUG 15

BEDRUGS 14

BLUDGER 15

BLUNGER 15

BROGUES 13

BUDGERS 14

BUGBEAR 16

BUGGERS 15

BUGGERY 17

BUGGIER 15

BUGLERS 14

BULGERS 14

BULGIER 14

BUNGLER 15

BURGAGE 15

BURGEES 13

BURGEON 14

BURGERS 13

BURGESS 13

BURGHER 15

BURGLED 15

BURGLES 14

CHUGGER 17

COUGHER 15

COURAGE 13

DESUGAR 11

DROGUES 11

DRUDGED 13

DRUDGER 12

DRUDGES 12

DRUGGED 14

DRUGGET 13

DRUGGIE 13

DUNGIER 12

EARPLUG 14

ENURING 12

EXERGUE 17

FIGURED 14

FIGURER 13

FIGURES 13

FIREBUG 16

FOREGUT 13

FRUGGED 16

FUGGIER 15

GARIGUE 12

GAUCHER 15

GAUDERY 13

GAUDIER 11

GAUFFER 16

GAUGERS 12

GAUNTER 11

GAUZIER 19

GERENUK 15

GERUNDS 12

GESTURE 10

GLUMMER 17

GOUGERS 12

GOURDES 11

GOURMET 13

GOUTIER 10

GRANULE 12

GRAUPEL 14

GRAVURE 14

GROUPED 14

GROUPER 13

GROUPIE 13

GROUSED 11

GROUSER 10

GROUSES 10

GROUTED 11

GROUTER 10

GRUBBED 17

GRUBBER 16

GRUDGED 14

GRUDGER 13

GRUDGES 13

GRUELED 12

GRUELER 11

GRUFFED 17

GRUFFER 16

GRUMBLE 17

GRUMMER 16

GRUMMET 16

GRUMOSE 13

GRUMPED 17

GRUNGES 13

GRUNTED 12

GRUNTER 11

GRUNTLE 12

GRUSHIE 12

GRUTTEN 11

GRUYERE 12

GUARDED 12

GUARDER 11

GUERDON 12

GUESSER 10

GUIDERS 11

GUILDER 12

GUIPURE 14

GULFIER 14

GULPERS 14

GULPIER 14

GUMMERS 16

GUMMIER 16

GUMTREE 13

GUNFIRE 14

GUNNERS 12

GUNNERY 14

GURGLED 14

GURGLES 13

GURGLET 13

GURNETS 11

GURNEYS 13

GURRIES 10

GURSHES 12

GUSHERS 12

GUSHIER 12

GUSTIER 10

GUTSIER 10

GUTTERS 10

GUTTERY 12

GUTTIER 10

GUTTLER 11

GUZZLER 29

GYPLURE 16

HUGGERS 14

HUNGERS 13

JUDGERS 20

JUGGLER 22

LAUGHER 13

LEAGUER 11

LIGURES 11

LOUNGER 12

LUGGERS 13

LUNGERS 12

MORGUES 13

MUGGERS 15

MUGGIER 15

NUDGERS 12

OUTGREW 13

OUTRAGE 10

PIROGUE 13

PLAGUER 14

PLUGGER 16

PLUNGER 15

PUDGIER 14

PUGAREE 13

PUGGIER 15

PUGGREE 15

PUGREES 13

PURGERS 13

REARGUE 10

REBEGUN 14

REDBUGS 14

REFUGED 14

REFUGEE 13

REFUGES 13

REFUGIA 13

REGAUGE 12

REGLUED 12

REGLUES 11

REGROUP 13

REGULAR 11

REGULUS 12

REJUDGE 20

REPUGNS 14

RESURGE 10

REUSING 11

ROGUERY 12

ROUGHED 13

ROUGHEN 13

ROUGHER 12

RUGBIES 13

RUGGERS 12

RUGLIKE 15

RUMMAGE 16

SAUGERS 10

SCOURGE 13

SCROUGE 13

SEVRUGA 14

SLUGGER 13

SMUGGER 15

SNUGGER 13

SPLURGE 14

SPURGES 13

SUGARED 11

SURGEON 11

SURGERS 10

SURGERY 12

TEGULAR 11

THEURGY 14

TOUGHER 12

TRUDGED 12

TRUDGEN 12

TRUDGER 11

TRUDGES 11

TRUEING 11

TUGGERS 12

TURGENT 11

TURGITE 10

UMBRAGE 16

UNDERGO 12

UNEAGER 11

UNURGED 13

UPGRADE 14

UPSURGE 14

URGENCY 16

VIRGULE 15

VOGUERS 14

VUGGIER 16

YOUNGER 13

6 letter words with the letters GRUE ↑

AERUGO 9

ARGUED 10

ARGUER 9

ARGUES 9

AUGERS 9

BEDRUG 13

BROGUE 12

BUDGER 13

BUGGER 14

BUGLER 13

BULGER 13

BURGEE 12

BURGER 12

BURGLE 13

DROGUE 10

DRUDGE 11

ERUGOS 9

FIGURE 12

GAUGER 11

GERUND 11

GLUERS 10

GLUIER 10

GOUGER 11

GOURDE 10

GROUSE 9

GRUDGE 12

GRUELS 10

GRUMES 12

GRUNGE 12

GUIDER 10

GULPER 13

GUMMER 15

GUNNER 11

GURGED 12

GURGES 11

GURGLE 12

GURNET 10

GURNEY 12

GUSHER 11

GUTTER 9

HUGGER 13

HUNGER 12

JUDGER 19

LIGURE 10

LUGERS 10

LUGGER 12

LUNGER 11

MAUGER 12

MAUGRE 12

MORGUE 12

MUGGER 14

NUDGER 11

PUGREE 12

PURGED 13

PURGER 12

PURGES 12

REDBUG 13

REFUGE 12

REGIUS 9

REGLUE 10

REGNUM 13

REGULI 10

REHUNG 12

REPUGN 13

ROGUED 10

ROGUES 9

ROUGED 10

ROUGES 9

RUGATE 9

RUGGED 12

RUGGER 11

RUGOSE 9

SAUGER 9

SPURGE 12

SURGED 10

SURGER 9

SURGES 9

TERGUM 12

TRUDGE 10

TUGGER 11

UGLIER 10

UPGREW 15

URGENT 10

URGERS 9

VAGUER 13

VOGUER 13

5 letter words with the letters GRUE ↑

ARGUE 8

AUGER 8

ERUGO 8

GLUER 9

GRUEL 9

GRUES 8

GRUME 11

GURGE 10

HUGER 10

LUGER 9

PURGE 11

ROGUE 8

ROUGE 8

RUGAE 8

SURGE 8

URGED 9

URGER 8

URGES 8

4 letter words with the letters GRUE ↑

GRUE 7

URGE 7

3 letter words with the letters GRUE ↑

ERG 5

REG 5

RUE 4

RUG 6

2 letter words with the letters GRUE ↑

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RE 2

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Definition grue

Etymology 1

Verb

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Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

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Etymology 4

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Etymology 5

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