Not so bright

The answer

PALER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALER answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 4 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.

• DIM (6 uses in xd)
• DARKER (1 uses in xd)
• DARKISH (1 uses in xd)
• DENSE (1 uses in xd)
• DIMMED (1 uses in xd)

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 tanned - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• 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 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.

• Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
• Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
• Not together - APART, used 116 times
• Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
• Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
• Not suitable - INAPT, used 65 times

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