Turn red, perhaps
The crossword clue "Turn red, perhaps" is answered by RIPEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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.
- FEELSILLY (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 edible - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- 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.
- Red as ___ - ABEET, used 107 times
- Turn away - AVERT, used 104 times
- Turn inside out - EVERT, used 100 times
- Turn aside - AVERT, used 86 times
- Red dye - EOSIN, used 79 times
- Perhaps - MAYBE, used 68 times
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