Cheek application

The answer

ROUGE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROUGE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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.

• BLUSH (2 uses in xd)
• BLUSHER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ROUGE

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

• Cheek coloring - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
• Roulette bet - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheek cosmetic - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Cosmetic - used 20 times, most recently in 2000
• "Moulin ___" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Red cosmetic - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Blush - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Baton __ - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Cheek reddener - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Baton ___, Louisiana - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Compact stuff - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Compact item - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• It'll make you red in the face - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Of the cheek - MALAR, used 32 times
• College application part - ESSAY, used 23 times
• Turn the __ cheek - OTHER, used 22 times
• Violin bow application - ROSIN, used 20 times
• Lip application - GLOSS, used 19 times
• Application - USAGE, used 15 times

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