Dreary shade
The crossword clue "Dreary shade" is answered by GREY, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GREY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GREY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GREY
Every other clue in this collection answered by GREY, most used first.
- Earl ___ tea - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Author Zane - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Zane or Lady Jane - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Jane or Zane - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
- Joel of "Cabaret" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Lady Jane - used 15 times, most recently in 2006
- Writer Zane - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ Poupon mustard - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Western author Zane - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Western writer Zane - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Jennifer of "Dirty Dancing" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "Dirty Dancing" actress Jennifer - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Goose vodka - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Neutral color - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Western novelist Zane - used 6 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.
- Shade trees - ELMS, used 266 times
- Shade - TINT, used 102 times
- Shade of green - NILE, used 90 times
- Neutral shade - ECRU, used 78 times
- Shade of blue - TEAL, used 54 times
- Stocking shade - ECRU, used 52 times
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