Purplish red
The crossword clue "Purplish red" is answered by CERISE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CERISE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CERISE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1998. 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.
- OLDROSE (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for CERISE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CERISE, most used first.
- Red shade - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Cherry red - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Deep red - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Shade of red - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Bright red - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cherry-colored - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
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