Darkish

7 lettersadjectiverare

Updated June 2026

Definition

Moderately or somewhat dark in colour or tone without being fully dark.

“She chose a darkish shade of blue for the bedroom walls, wanting something calm but not oppressive.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

dark·ish

Related Words

Synonyms

sombredimdusky murky

Antonyms

lightishpale bright

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Starts with DARK and ends in ISH, a qualifier suffix that implies only partial darkness rather than complete shadow

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Scrabble

Both K and H are useful scoring tiles and the ISH ending is valid, making this a solid specialist play

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Words you can make from Darkish

Shorter words formed from the letters in “darkish”.

khadis radish rakish arish ashir dakir darks dhaks dhikr dirks drias drisk haiks hairs hards harks hasid kadis kashi khadi khair khasi kisra raids

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