Become edible
The crossword clue "Become edible" is answered by RIPEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. 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
RIPEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPEN answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 6 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.
- TURNRIPE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RIPEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPEN, most used first.
- Mature - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn red, maybe - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Age - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
- Mature, as fruit - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Become ready to harvest - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Become harvestable - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Become ready to eat - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Mellow - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Get ready to eat? - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn red, perhaps - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Come of age - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Mature on the vine - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Reach maturity - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Approach perfection - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Become edible, as fruit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Become ready to pick - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Come to fruition - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Reach perfection - used 6 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.
- Edible mushroom - MOREL, used 61 times
- Eventually become - ENDUP, used 51 times
- Become established - SETIN, used 44 times
- Become narrower - TAPER, used 43 times
- Become prevalent - SETIN, used 31 times
- Ultimately become - ENDUP, used 30 times
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