Embarrassed

The answer

RED

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RED answer page.

Used 39 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 10 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.

• ABASHED (18 uses in xd)
• ASHAMED (9 uses in xd)
• REDFACED (9 uses in xd)
• SHAMEFACED (7 uses in xd)
• SHEEPISH (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for RED

Every other clue in this collection answered by RED, most used first.

• Roulette bet - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
• Blushing - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
• Scarlet - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Flushed - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Wine choice - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Crimson - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Checkers side - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Primary color - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop-sign color - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Warning color - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Spectrum color - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Spectrum end - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Carmine - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Visibly embarrassed - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Bloodshot - used 23 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.

• Fish eggs - ROE, used 648 times
• Regret - RUE, used 607 times
• "Norma ___" - RAE, used 480 times
• Go bad - ROT, used 373 times
• Tear - RIP, used 317 times
• Caviar - ROE, used 314 times

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