Pink
The crossword clue "Pink" is answered by ROSY, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1967. 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
ROSY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROSY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1967. 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.
- TICKLED (3 uses in xd)
- PALERED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ROSY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROSY, most used first.
- Optimistic - used 281 times, most recently in 2026
- Promising - used 64 times, most recently in 2024
- Like Santa's cheeks - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Looking up - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
- Cheerful - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Flushed, as cheeks - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Upbeat - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Full of promise - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinkish - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Like pink cheeks - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Blushing. - used 12 times, most recently in 1993
- Flushed - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Like an optimist's outlook - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Optimistic, as an outlook - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Like some cheeks - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Like an optimistic outlook - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Promising, as one's future - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Glowing - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Like blushing cheeks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Like flushed cheeks - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Reddish, as cheeks - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Having a healthy glow - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Looking good - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pink, as cheeks - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Tickled pink - GLAD, used 54 times
- Pink-slipped - AXED, used 29 times
- In the pink - HALE, used 23 times
- Pink wine - ROSE, used 22 times
- Tickled-pink feeling - GLEE, used 18 times
- Pink, as a steak - RARE, used 14 times
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