Spring bloom
The crossword clue "Spring bloom" is answered by LILAC, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LILAC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LILAC answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 4 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.
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
- Pastel shade - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
- Fragrant flower - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Spring flower - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Air freshener scent - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- New Hampshire state flower - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Purple bloom - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Purplish hue - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Reddish purple - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Spring bloomer - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Whitman's dooryard bloomer - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Fragrant purple flower - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Pastel purple - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Purple bloomer - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
- Pastel color - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Fragrant bloom - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Lavender flower - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Pale purple flower - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- State flower of N.H. - used 8 times, most recently in 1993
- State flower of New Hampshire - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Air freshener option - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Flowering shrub - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Pale purple shade - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pastel hue - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Amethyst hue - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Fragrant spring shrub - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Moderate purple - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Purplish - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Sign of spring - ARIES, used 99 times
- Spring up - ARISE, used 68 times
- Fall bloom - ASTER, used 59 times
- Spring sign - ARIES, used 54 times
- Dutch bloom - TULIP, used 43 times
- Spring month - APRIL, used 39 times
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