Ready for plucking
The crossword clue "Ready for plucking" is answered by RIPE, a 4-letter entry. Used 37 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIPE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPE answer page.
Used 37 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 14 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.
- MATURE (1 uses in xd)
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
- Ready to harvest - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready to pick - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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.
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- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Look for - SEEK, used 172 times
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