Drained of color
The crossword clue "Drained of color" is answered by PALE, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PALE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALE answer page.
Used 24 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for PALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALE, most used first.
- Ashen - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Lacking color - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Wan - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Washed out - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Faint - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- White as a sheet - used 26 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.
- Water color - AQUA, used 108 times
- Horse color - ROAN, used 89 times
- Lose color - FADE, used 85 times
- Color - TINT, used 63 times
- Neutral color - ECRU, used 49 times
- Color quality - TONE, used 45 times
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