Whitman's dooryard bloomer
The crossword clue "Whitman's dooryard bloomer" is answered by LILAC, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LILAC
Every other clue in this collection answered by LILAC, most used first.
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- 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
- 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
- Spring bloom - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- 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.
- Fall bloomer - ASTER, used 106 times
- Late bloomer - ASTER, used 69 times
- Autumn bloomer - ASTER, used 31 times
- Spring bloomer - TULIP, used 12 times
- Spring bloomer - PEONY, used 8 times
- Whitman's "Leaves of ___" - GRASS, used 7 times
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