Shade of red
The crossword clue "Shade of red" is answered by BEET, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BEET
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEET answer page.
Used 27 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 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.
- TOMATO (12 uses in xd)
Other clues for BEET
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEET, most used first.
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- Borscht veggie - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Borscht base - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Borscht vegetable - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Red vegetable - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Vegetable. - used 28 times, most recently in 1996
- Red root veggie - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Red veggie - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
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- Red Muppet - ELMO, used 131 times
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- Shade - TINT, used 102 times
- Shade of green - NILE, used 90 times
- Neutral shade - ECRU, used 78 times
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