Gloomy
The crossword clue "Gloomy" is answered by SOMBER, a 6-letter entry. Used 21 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOMBER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOMBER answer page.
Used 21 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SOMBER
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOMBER, most used first.
- Grave - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Melancholy - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Gloomy - MOROSE, used 49 times
- Gloomy - DISMAL, used 22 times
- Gloomy - DREARY, used 12 times
- Pooh's gloomy pal - EEYORE, used 7 times
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