Less tanned
The crossword clue "Less tanned" is answered by PALER, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1966. 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
PALER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALER answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1966. 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
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Other clues for PALER
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALER, most used first.
- Less ruddy - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
- Less colorful - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- More ashen - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Not as ruddy - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- More washed out - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Less bright - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lighter in color - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- More wan - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Not as tanned - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Not as bright - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Not as colorful - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not so bright - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Not as brightly colored - 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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
- Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
- Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
- More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
- Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times
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