Pastel shade
The crossword clue "Pastel shade" is answered by LILAC, a 5-letter entry. Used 26 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
LILAC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LILAC answer page.
Used 26 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 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.
- POWDERBLUE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for LILAC
Every other clue in this collection answered by LILAC, most used first.
- Pale purple - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Purple flower - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Purple shade - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Light purple - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Purple hue - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Shade of purple - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Sachet scent - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Fragrant shrub - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- New Hampshire's state flower - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
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 of green - OLIVE, used 51 times
- Green shade - OLIVE, used 47 times
- Purple shade - MAUVE, used 47 times
- Hosiery shade - TAUPE, used 46 times
- Brown shade - UMBER, used 32 times
- Brown shade - SEPIA, used 31 times
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