redhead
Plural: redheads
Noun
- A person with red hair.
- someone who has red hair
- North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head
- black-and-white North American woodpecker having a red head and neck
- A person with red hair.
- A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird.
- A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine.
- Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans)
- Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps).
- Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus).
- Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus).
- Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
- A kind of 800-watt lamp.
Examples
- The player, a redhead, always found creative ways to spell words like "GINGER."
Origin / Etymology
Bahuvrihi compound of red + head.
Synonyms
Aythya americana, carrottop, Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-header, redheaded woodpecker, redheader, Bluey, Pippi Longstocking, Red, bloodnut, carrot top, carrots, copperhead, coppertop, fire-crotch, firebox, ging, ginge, ginger, ginger head, ginger knob, ginger minger, gingernut, gingette, ranga, red-headed stepchild, redhead, redpoll, strawberry blonde
Scrabble Score: 12
redhead: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordredhead: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
redhead: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary