Kind of flush

The answer

ROYAL

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ACEHIGH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ROYAL

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

• Fit for a king - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Shade of blue - used 21 times, most recently in 2021
• Kingly - used 20 times, most recently in 2013
• Regal - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "The ___ Tenenbaums" (Gene Hackman film) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Fit for a queen - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of RCMP - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Queenly - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of pain - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Majestic - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Blue shade - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Palace dweller - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• Kind of wave - TIDAL, used 74 times
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• Kind of boom - SONIC, used 65 times
• Kind of drum - SNARE, used 64 times

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