Like tabloid headlines
The crossword clue "Like tabloid headlines" is answered by LURID, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. 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
LURID
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LURID answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LURID
Every other clue in this collection answered by LURID, most used first.
- Sensational - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Gruesome - used 35 times, most recently in 2022
- Glaringly vivid - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Ghastly - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
- Shocking - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Like some tabloid headlines - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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