Black-and-blue mark
The crossword clue "Black-and-blue mark" is answered by BRUISE, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRUISE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRUISE answer page.
Used 15 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BRUISE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRUISE, most used first.
- Fruit flaw - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
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