The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ASHY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Grayish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASHY | 49 % | 4 |
| SLATY | 15 % | 5 |
| ASHEN | 13 % | 5 |
| DRAB | 13 % | 4 |
| ASH | 3 % | 3 |
| HOARY | 3 % | 5 |
| DINGY | 3 % | 5 |
| TAUPE | 3 % | 5 |
Why may ASHY be the right solution?
The word "ashy" refers to something that is the color of ashes, which are typically gray in color. Therefore, "ashy" is an appropriate answer to the clue "grayish."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Grayish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- greyish
- grey
- gray
- colorless
- achromatic
- brownish
- yellowish
- bluish
- blackish
- whitish
- blueish
- pinkish
Crossword Answer definitions
ASHY adjective- Having the color of ashes.
- Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored).
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 ASHY
- Pallid
- Pasty-faced
- Like some fireplaces
- Very pale
- Washed out
- Pale as a ghost
- Quite white
- Far from ruddy
- Somewhat off-color
- Grayish
More clues leading to the result SLATY
- Having a bluish-gray hue
- Grayish in color
- Bluish gray
- Stone-grayish
- Grayish
- Stone-gray
- Bluish-gray
- Like many roofs
- Sort of gray
- Dark bluish-gray
More clues leading to the result ASHEN
More clues leading to the result DRAB
- Dreary
- Lacking pizazz
- Like khaki
- Lackluster
- Far from colorful
- Blah
- Completely blah
- Dull-looking
- Humdrum
- Not so colorful
More clues leading to the result ASH
- "Louisville Slugger" wood
- Barbecue leftover?
- Bat wood
- Blonde shade
- Campfire fallout
- Elastic furniture wood
- Elastic wood
- Eruption fallout
- Fireplace remnant
- Hardwood
More clues leading to the result HOARY
- White with age
- Grizzled
- Ancient
- Gray-haired
- Old and gray
- Like the Ancient Mariner
- Frost-covered
- Gray with age
- White with frost
- Grayish white
More clues leading to the result DINGY
- Gone to seed
- Dark, dull, and dirty
- Dirty-looking
- Not quite white anymore
- Dark and dreary
- Like a dive, so to speak
- Not at all bright
- Dull-colored
- Squalid
- Shabby