Looks inferior by comparison
The crossword clue "Looks inferior by comparison" is answered by PALES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
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PALES
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PALES
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALES, most used first.
- Loses color - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Blanches - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Pickets. - used 19 times, most recently in 2002
- Turns white - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Fence pickets - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Shows fright - 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.
- Looks for - SEEKS, used 93 times
- Looks after - TENDS, used 87 times
- Numerical comparison - RATIO, used 54 times
- Math comparison - RATIO, used 42 times
- "Looks ___ everything" - ARENT, used 35 times
- Lascivious looks - LEERS, used 29 times
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