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BLEAK

5 letters - 8 clues in this collection

BLEAK is a 5-letter crossword answer with 8 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 67 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2025. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

The answer

BLEAK

BLEAK

5Letters
8Clues in collection
67Combined xd usages
2025Most recent year

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Every clue for BLEAK in this collection

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  • Cheerless - used 13 times across 11 distinct years, most recently in 2015
  • Dreary - used 12 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Dismal - used 9 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Hopeless - used 8 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Not promising - used 7 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Dickens's "___ House" - used 6 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2020
  • Grim - used 6 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Unpromising - used 6 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2024

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with B.

  • BALSA - 5 letters, 466 combined xd usages, 25 clues in this collection
  • BESET - 5 letters, 460 combined xd usages, 20 clues in this collection
  • BELIE - 5 letters, 400 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • BLESS - 5 letters, 397 combined xd usages, 19 clues in this collection
  • BERET - 5 letters, 338 combined xd usages, 24 clues in this collection
  • BASIC - 5 letters, 329 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection
  • BANAL - 5 letters, 317 combined xd usages, 14 clues in this collection
  • BESTS - 5 letters, 306 combined xd usages, 16 clues in this collection

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