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Drained of color

Answer: ASHEN - 5 letters

The crossword clue "Drained of color" is answered by ASHEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 53 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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ASHEN

ASHEN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASHEN answer page.

53Times used
22Distinct years
2026Most recent year
15Publications

Used 53 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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Other clues for ASHEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by ASHEN, most used first.

  • Pale - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
  • Pallid - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
  • Wan - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
  • Very pale - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
  • Gray - used 31 times, most recently in 2013
  • Extremely pale - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
  • Visibly frightened - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
  • White as a sheet - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
  • Pale with fright - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
  • Pasty - used 22 times, most recently in 2022

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