The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EBON , but the solution may also be It. which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Black crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EBON | 47 % | 4 |
| INKY | 30 % | 4 |
| SABLE | 6 % | 5 |
| EBONY | 5 % | 5 |
| JET | 2 % | 3 |
| ONYX | 2 % | 4 |
| SOOTY | 2 % | 5 |
| RAVEN | 1 % | 5 |
| EVIL | 1 % | 4 |
| CARBONHUGOJETBOOT | 0 % | 17 |
| GRIM | 0 % | 4 |
| TWENTYONE | 0 % | 9 |
| AFROAMERICAN | 0 % | 12 |
| MAGICORKNIGHT | 0 % | 13 |
| ASMIDNIGHT | 0 % | 10 |
| ATROUS | 0 % | 6 |
| BALLBEARDTOPGUARD | 0 % | 17 |
| BOARDGOLDORFLAG | 0 % | 15 |
| DIRTY | 0 % | 5 |
| INDIAINK | 0 % | 8 |
| WIDOWSPIDER | 0 % | 11 |
| NIGRINE | 0 % | 7 |
| UNLIT | 0 % | 5 |
| It. | 0 % | 3 |
Why may IT be the right solution?
In some word games, "It" is used to refer to the player who is currently "it" or "tagged". In this case, "Black" is likely referring to the game of tag, making "It" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Black
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pitch-black
- pitch-dark
- bleak
- calamitous
- disastrous
- grim
- dirty
- soiled
- unclean
- dark
- hopeless
- sinister
Crossword Answer definitions
EBON noun- (now poetic) Ebony; an ebony tree.
- Made of ebony.
- Black in colour.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EBON
- Black in color
- Black, poetically
- Black, to Blake
- Black, to Byron
- Cimmerian
- Dark, poetically
- Deep black
- Extremely dark
- Inky
- Made of a hardwood
More clues leading to the result INKY
- Black
- Black as night
- Pitch-black
- Pitch black
- Light blue Pac-Man ghost
- Like a nerd's shirt pocket, stereotypically
- Very dark
- Word for printers' fingers
- One Pac-Man ghost
- Newsprint-smudged
More clues leading to the result SABLE
- Mercury model
- Weasel hunted for its fur
- Fine fur
- Costly fur
- Dark brown shade
- Black fur
- Rena Mero's WWF pseudonym
- Marten's coat
- Marten's fur
- Variety of black
More clues leading to the result EBONY
- Magazine founded in 1945
- Coal black
- Deep black wood
- Wood from India and Sri Lanka
- He topped Muhammad in '78
- "__ and Ivory"
- Jet alternative
- Jet sister
- Sade is on its cover this month
- Sharp or flat material
More clues leading to the result JET
- New York gridder
- O'Hare regular
- Nozzle shot
- Squirt
- "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" band
- Essence rival
- Its first issue featured Sugar Ray Robinson's wife Edna on the cover
- Mark Sanchez, e.g.
- New Meadowlands Stadium athlete
- Pitchy
More clues leading to the result ONYX
- Cameo stone
- Chalcedony
- Intaglio stone
- Cameo appearance?
- Stone meaning "fingernail" in Greek
- "Slam" rap act
- Black
- Black hue
- Black stone
- Dark black hue
More clues leading to the result SOOTY
- Like a filthy chimney
- Like ashes
- Like chimneys
- Like Santa's laundry
- Like a chimney sweep's clothes
- Like a dirty chimney
- Like chimney sweeps
- Like a well-used chimney
- Like Santa's suit on December 26th
- Like a chimney sweep
More clues leading to the result RAVEN
- Poe bird
- Bird in an 1845 poem
- Subject of a work by 56A
- "9. I wrote a paper in college on Poe's 'The ___' exclusively using just the footnotes!"
- Kind of black
- "Nevermore" sayer
- Bird of Odin
- Baltimore footballer
- "Nevermore" utterer
- Portentous bird
More clues leading to the result EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result CARBONHUGOJETBOOT
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result TWENTYONE
- Number of pips on a die
- Casino game's goal
- Blackjack target
- See 17 across
- Blackjack goal
- Casino game that's the basis of this puzzle's theme
- T V quiz show.
- Game at cards.
- Vegas challenge
- Gambling game
More clues leading to the result AFROAMERICAN
More clues leading to the result MAGICORKNIGHT
More clues leading to the result ASMIDNIGHT
More clues leading to the result ATROUS
More clues leading to the result BALLBEARDTOPGUARD
More clues leading to the result BOARDGOLDORFLAG
More clues leading to the result DIRTY
- "____ Harry"
- Kind of pool
- How lovers might talk
- Like kids, often, or inappropriate for kids
- __ Harry
- Indecent
- Like cops who emulate criminals
- Unscrupulous, as a fighter
- Below-the-belt
- Word before linen or old man
More clues leading to the result INDIAINK
- Drawing fluid
- Artist's medium
- Lettering liquid
- Certain pen filler
- Comic book artist's supply
- Calligraphy liquid
- Indelible liquid
- Calligrapher's stock
- Artist's pigment.
- Black.
More clues leading to the result WIDOWSPIDER
More clues leading to the result NIGRINE
More clues leading to the result UNLIT
- Dark
- Totally dark
- Like a darkened room
- Needing a match
- Not turned on
- Not illuminated
- In the dark
- Dark, as a room
- Like some pilots in summer
- Shadowy, say