flaxen

Adjective Satellite

of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown
- "flaxen locks"

Adj

Made of or resembling flax fibers.
A pale yellow brown as of dried flax; blonde.

Adjective

Of a pale yellowish color, like the color of dressed flax.

Examples

His opponent’s hair, almost FLAXEN, shimmered under the Scrabble board light.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax + -en (“made of”). Compare Dutch vlassen.

Synonyms

sandy

Scrabble Score: 16

flaxen: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
flaxen: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
flaxen: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

flaxen: valid Words With Friends Word