Pitch-black
The crossword clue "Pitch-black" is answered by UNLIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UNLIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UNLIT answer page.
Used 18 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 11 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.
- DARKASNIGHT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for UNLIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by UNLIT, most used first.
- Dark - used 186 times, most recently in 2026
- Not illuminated - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a dark room - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- In the dark - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Dim - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a new candle - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Totally dark - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Darkened - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Like new matches - used 8 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.
- Sales pitch - SPIEL, used 88 times
- Black-and-white cookies - OREOS, used 66 times
- Black bird - RAVEN, used 54 times
- Black cattle breed - ANGUS, used 47 times
- Black tea - PEKOE, used 43 times
- Pitch - SPIEL, used 43 times
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