Shade of gray
The crossword clue "Shade of gray" is answered by PEARL, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PEARL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEARL answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PEARL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEARL, most used first.
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- Bit of wisdom - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Oyster's prize - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Cultured gem - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Oyster product - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Oyster's gem - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Strand unit - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Singer Bailey - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Oyster gem - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- 30th anniversary gift - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Bailey or Buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Oyster find - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Necklace gem - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Buck or Bailey - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Gem in an oyster - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hester Prynne's daughter - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- It may be cultured - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Brownish gray - TAUPE, used 144 times
- Shade of green - OLIVE, used 51 times
- Green shade - OLIVE, used 47 times
- Purple shade - LILAC, used 47 times
- Purple shade - MAUVE, used 47 times
- Hosiery shade - TAUPE, used 46 times
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