Shade of red

The answer

ROSE

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. 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.

• BEET (27 uses in xd)
• CERISE (20 uses in xd)
• CORAL (18 uses in xd)
• RUBY (14 uses in xd)
• TOMATO (12 uses in xd)

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
• Romantic bloom - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• 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
• 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.

• Shade trees - ELMS, used 266 times
• Red Muppet - ELMO, used 131 times
• ___ the Red - ERIC, used 103 times
• Shade - TINT, used 102 times
• Shade of green - NILE, used 90 times
• Neutral shade - ECRU, used 78 times

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