Least colorful
The crossword clue "Least colorful" is answered by PALEST, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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
PALEST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALEST answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PALEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALEST, most used first.
- Most wan - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Least ruddy - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
- Least vivid - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Lightest in color - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Most ashen - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Least bright - used 7 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.
- Least risky - SAFEST, used 63 times
- Least common - RAREST, used 45 times
- Least wild - TAMEST, used 31 times
- Least feral - TAMEST, used 30 times
- Least - MEREST, used 28 times
- Least refined - RAWEST, used 22 times
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