Gloomy
The crossword clue "Gloomy" is answered by GRAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1988. 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
GRAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRAY answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1988. 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
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Other clues for GRAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRAY, most used first.
- Battleship color - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Overcast - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Hair color - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Battleship shade - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Neutral color - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Slate-colored - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Type of matter - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Color of overcast skies - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Like gloomy skies - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ashen - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Neutral hue - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Gloomy - DOUR, used 128 times
- Gloomy atmosphere - PALL, used 42 times
- Gloomy - DARK, used 20 times
- Gloomy - GRIM, used 19 times
- The Gloomy Dean - INGE, used 13 times
- Gloomy aura - PALL, used 9 times
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