"The Color Purple" heroine
The crossword clue ""The Color Purple" heroine" is answered by CELIE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
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CELIE
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CELIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CELIE, most used first.
- Whoopi's role in "The Color Purple" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Color Purple" protagonist - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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