Unpromising
The crossword clue "Unpromising" is answered by BLEAK, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. 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
BLEAK
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BLEAK answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BLEAK
Every other clue in this collection answered by BLEAK, most used first.
- Cheerless - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Dreary - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Dismal - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Hopeless - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Not promising - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Dickens's "___ House" - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Grim - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Contradict - BELIE, used 151 times
- Foundation - BASIS, used 146 times
- ___ nova - BOSSA, used 117 times
- Misrepresent - BELIE, used 116 times
- Sanctify - BLESS, used 109 times
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