Dull as dishwater
The crossword clue "Dull as dishwater" is answered by DRAB, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DRAB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAB answer page.
Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2018. It appears in 8 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.
- VAPID (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for DRAB
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAB, most used first.
- Colorless - used 94 times, most recently in 2025
- Dull-colored - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Lackluster - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Dull in color - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Dull - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Cheerless - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Dull pain - ACHE, used 194 times
- Dull sound - THUD, used 78 times
- Dull - BLAH, used 35 times
- Dull sound of impact - THUD, used 32 times
- Dull impact sound - THUD, used 22 times
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