Shade of red
The crossword clue "Shade of red" is answered by CERISE, a 6-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1963. 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 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Bright red - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Cherry-colored - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Purplish red - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Red wine - CLARET, used 42 times
- Shade of blue - COBALT, used 29 times
- Soft shade - PASTEL, used 21 times
- Red Bordeaux - CLARET, used 19 times
- Red wine - MERLOT, used 18 times
- Caught red-handed - NAILED, used 17 times
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