5 letter words starting with umb

Looking for a clue for todays Wordle or another Word game? Look no further! We got you covered. We got a few plausible five letter words starting with umb.

• UMBEL
• UMBER
• UMBLE
• UMBOS
• UMBRA
• UMBRE

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of umbel

umbel (noun)

1. A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster (= inflorescence) in which the individual flower stalks arise from the same point, the youngest flowers being at the centre.

Definition of umber

umber (noun)

1. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
2. A grayling.
3. A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

umber (verb)

1. To give a reddish-brown colour to.

umber (adjective)

1. Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

umber (noun)

1. In ancient armour, a visor, or projection like the peak of a cap, to which a fixed or movable faceguard was sometimes attached.

Definition of umbos

umbos (noun)

1. A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane. For example the umbo in the integument of the larvæ of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.
2. One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
3. A bump or protrusion on the top of the cap.
4. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

Definition of umbra

umbra (noun)

1. The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object.
2. The central region of a sunspot.
3. A shadow.
4. An uninvited guest brought along by one who was invited.
5. One of the family Umbridae of mudminnows.
6. A sciaenoid fish, the umbrine.