Shade
The crossword clue "Shade" is answered by UMBRA, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1984. 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
UMBRA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UMBRA answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for UMBRA
Every other clue in this collection answered by UMBRA, most used first.
- Shadow - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Eclipse shadow - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- Planetary shadow - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Astronomical shadow - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Blackest part of a shadow - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Darkest part of a shadow - used 6 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.
- Shade of green - OLIVE, used 51 times
- Green shade - OLIVE, used 47 times
- Purple shade - LILAC, used 47 times
- Purple shade - MAUVE, used 47 times
- Hosiery shade - TAUPE, used 46 times
- Brown shade - UMBER, used 32 times
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