Romantic bloom

The answer

ROSE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROSE answer page.

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ROSE

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

• Got up - used 70 times, most recently in 2025
• Stood up - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Valentine flower - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Valentine's Day flower - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• American Beauty, e.g. - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Ascended - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Wine choice - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Kennedy matriarch - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Romantic flower - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• American Beauty - used 25 times, most recently in 2006
• Thorny flower - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Went up - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Jack's love in "Titanic" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Stood - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
• Pink wine - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• New York's state flower - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Rambler. - used 16 times, most recently in 1987
• Flower with thorns - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Gift on "The Bachelor" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Titanic" heroine - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• A Kennedy - used 13 times, most recently in 1997
• Increased - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Token of love - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Climbed - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Flower - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Flower with hips - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Color. - used 10 times, most recently in 1969
• Fragrant flower - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sweetbrier. - used 10 times, most recently in 1980
• Thorny bloom - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• American Beauty, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Late Kennedy matriarch - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• One of the Kennedys - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Gypsy __ Lee - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Pinkish red - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Popular flower - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Shade of red - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Table wine - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Dorothy Perkins. - used 7 times, most recently in 1967
• House of York symbol - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Multiflora. - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Romantic gift - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Showed respect, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "The Bachelor" prop - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bower flower - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Charlie Hustle - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Valentine's Day gift - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Wine selection - 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.

• "___ It Romantic?" - ISNT, used 132 times
• Spring bloom - IRIS, used 44 times
• "Bearded" bloom - IRIS, used 37 times
• Easter bloom - LILY, used 35 times
• "Bloom County" penguin - OPUS, used 24 times
• Romantic interlude - IDYL, used 21 times

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