Lacking color
The crossword clue "Lacking color" is answered by PALE, a 4-letter entry. Used 85 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 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 85 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 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.
- PALLID (8 uses in xd)
Other clues for PALE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALE, most used first.
- Ashen - used 103 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
- Drained of color - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Lacking slack - TAUT, used 126 times
- Water color - AQUA, used 108 times
- Horse color - ROAN, used 89 times
- Lose color - FADE, used 85 times
- Lacking - SANS, used 78 times
- Color - TINT, used 63 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.