Hardly rosy
The crossword clue "Hardly rosy" is answered by GRIM, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRIM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRIM answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GRIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIM, most used first.
- Bleak - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Forbidding - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Gloomy - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Not looking good - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Somber - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Ominous - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Unsmiling - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dismal - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Far from rosy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Harsh - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Like the Reaper - used 7 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.
- Hardly __ (rarely) - EVER, used 47 times
- Hardly any - ATAD, used 28 times
- "__ hardly wait!" - ICAN, used 26 times
- Hardly at all - ATAD, used 23 times
- Hardly thrilling - BLAH, used 14 times
- Hardly colorful - DRAB, used 12 times
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