Dark red
The crossword clue "Dark red" is answered by MAROON, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MAROON
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAROON answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 6 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.
- CRIMSON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MAROON
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAROON, most used first.
- Strand - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Leave stranded - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Shade of red - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Leave high and dry - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Strand on an island - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Red wine - CLARET, used 42 times
- Red shade - CERISE, used 31 times
- Cherry red - CERISE, used 28 times
- Deep red - CERISE, used 21 times
- Shade of red - CERISE, used 20 times
- Red Bordeaux - CLARET, used 19 times
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