Like a yellow banana
The crossword clue "Like a yellow banana" is answered by RIPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RIPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPE answer page.
Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPE, most used first.
- Ready for picking - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to eat - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Mature - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to harvest - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to pick - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready - used 41 times, most recently in 2022
- Ready for plucking - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Opportune - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Ready to be picked - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready for harvest - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to pluck - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Mellow - used 25 times, most recently in 2011
- Fully developed - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready for harvesting - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer green - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
- Harvest-ready - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Auspicious - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Pickable - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Ready to be harvested - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Like yellow bananas - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Stinky - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- At fruition - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Fit for picking - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Ready for reaping - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to be plucked - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Fully matured - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Fully grown - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Fully prepared. - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Prime for picking - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Harvestable - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Properly aged - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Ready for the picking - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Ready for eating - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Fly like an eagle - SOAR, used 141 times
- Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
- Like fine wine - AGED, used 99 times
- Sleep like ___ - ALOG, used 96 times
- Move like molasses - OOZE, used 83 times
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