Tickles pink
The crossword clue "Tickles pink" is answered by ELATES, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ELATES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELATES answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.
- DELIGHTS (2 uses in xd)
- OVERJOYS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELATES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELATES, most used first.
- Delights - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Overjoys - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Thrills - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Gladdens - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes very happy - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Cheers - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes happy - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Makes jubilant - used 13 times, most recently in 2013
- Fills with joy - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Makes joyful - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
- Cheers up - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Puts on cloud nine - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Sends to cloud nine - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Brightens - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes ecstatic - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes rhapsodic - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Lifts up - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes proud. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Puffs up - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
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.
- Tickles - AMUSES, used 28 times
- Tickled pink - ELATED, used 21 times
- Tickled pink - AMUSED, used 16 times
- Yellowish pink - SALMON, used 11 times
- Tickle pink - PLEASE, used 8 times
- Tickles pink - AMUSES, used 8 times
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