Blue dyes
The crossword clue "Blue dyes" is answered by ANILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANILS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- INDIGOS (5 uses in xd)
- WOADS (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANILS, most used first.
- Indigo plants - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Dye-yielding shrubs - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Blue-dye plants - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Indigo-yielding shrubs - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Sky blue - AZURE, used 146 times
- Blue hue - AZURE, used 68 times
- True-blue - LOYAL, used 56 times
- Blue Ribbon brewer - PABST, used 43 times
- Blue-pencils - EDITS, used 42 times
- "Blue ___ Shoes" - SUEDE, used 35 times
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