Dark.
The crossword clue "Dark." is answered by EBON, a 4-letter entry. Used 43 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EBON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EBON answer page.
Used 43 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 3 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.
- SWARTHY (6 uses in xd)
- SUNLESS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for EBON
Every other clue in this collection answered by EBON, most used first.
- Black - used 159 times, most recently in 2018
- Black, in verse - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Black, in poetry - used 62 times, most recently in 2024
- Black, poetically - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Black, to Blake - used 40 times, most recently in 2015
- Black, to a bard - used 34 times, most recently in 2019
- Deep black - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Black, to bards - used 29 times, most recently in 2020
- Black, to Byron - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
- Black, to poets - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Jessica of "Dark Angel" - ALBA, used 70 times
- Shot in the dark - STAB, used 66 times
- Dark film genre - NOIR, used 50 times
- Dark purple - PUCE, used 31 times
- Sommer of "A Shot in the Dark" - ELKE, used 29 times
- Very dark - INKY, used 29 times
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