Blue
The crossword clue "Blue" is answered by SAD, a 3-letter entry. Used 348 times across 52 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 36 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SAD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SAD answer page.
Used 348 times across 52 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 36 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.
- NYPD (19 uses in xd)
Other clues for SAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by SAD, most used first.
- Down in the dumps - used 198 times, most recently in 2026
- Melancholy - used 140 times, most recently in 2026
- Down - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeling blue - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeling down - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Unhappy - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Bummed out - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Pathetic - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Bummed - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Downcast - used 57 times, most recently in 2024
- Dejected - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Despondent - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Deplorable - used 41 times, most recently in 2021
- Sorrowful - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- In a funk - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Mournful - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Unfortunate - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Depressed - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Glum - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Gloomy - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Woebegone - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Feeling low - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- "Big Blue" - IBM, used 110 times
- "-- Blue?" - AMI, used 99 times
- Wild blue yonder - SKY, used 78 times
- Once __ blue moon - INA, used 63 times
- Cariou of "Blue Bloods" - LEN, used 45 times
- Blue hue - SKY, used 38 times
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