The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RUST , but the solution may also be AUBURN which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Reddish-brown crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUST | 20 % | 4 |
| HENNA | 14 % | 5 |
| ROAN | 9 % | 4 |
| RUSSET | 9 % | 6 |
| SORREL | 7 % | 6 |
| UMBER | 6 % | 5 |
| SIENNA | 5 % | 6 |
| AUBURN | 5 % | 6 |
| MAHOGANY | 5 % | 8 |
| BAY | 3 % | 3 |
| COCOA | 3 % | 5 |
| SEPIA | 2 % | 5 |
| LIVER | 2 % | 5 |
| WALNUT | 2 % | 6 |
| RUSSETY | 1 % | 7 |
| COPPER | 1 % | 6 |
| TITIAN | 1 % | 6 |
| BRONZE | 1 % | 6 |
| BOLE | 1 % | 4 |
| OCHER | 1 % | 5 |
| CINNAMON | 1 % | 8 |
| HAZEL | 1 % | 5 |
| OXBLOOD | 1 % | 7 |
| RUNT | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Reddish-brown
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- burnt sienna
- sepia
- venetian red
- brownish
- yellowish brown
- reddish purple
- grayish brown
- greyish brown
- brownness
- light brown
- deep brown
- brownist
Crossword Answer definitions
RUST noun- The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
- A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
- A reddish-brown color.
- A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
- Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
- To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
- To cause to oxidize.
- To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
- To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
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 RUST
- Deteriorate
- Clunker feature
- Corrode
- Sign of deterioration
- Reddish-brown
- Common corrosion
- Corrosion cause
- Degenerate from lack of use
- Reddish-brown shade
- Sign of disuse
More clues leading to the result HENNA
- Dye-yielding plant
- Rinse shade
- It's to dye with
- Salon rinse
- 22-Across type
- Red dye no. 1?
- Red rinse
- Dye-yielding shrub
- Reddish dyestuff
- Reddener for tresses
More clues leading to the result ROAN
- Chestnut horse
- Colorful horse
- Colt color
- Equine color
- Horse of a certain color
- Sorrel
- Horse color
- Brown-and-white horse, e.g.
- Colorful mount
- Bookbinding material
More clues leading to the result RUSSET
- Winter apple
- Reddish brown
- Kind of potato
- Apple or potato
- Apple often rough-skinned
- Fall foliage shade
- Reddish hue
- Common potato
- Apple variety
- Autumn apple
More clues leading to the result SORREL
- Horse color
- Reddish-brown
- Reddish-brown horse
- Chestnut-colored horse
- Horse of another color
- Chestnut horse
- Reddish brown color
- Horse of a brownish orange to light brown color
- Coppery horse hue
- Reddish brown
More clues leading to the result UMBER
- Earth tone
- Earthy tone
- Brownish
- Brownish hue
- B(eams f)ro(m he)wn t(rees used as c)on(struction mat)e(rial)
- "Burnt" color
- Raw ___
- Earthy pigment
- *It might be real or imaginary
- Dark reddish brown
More clues leading to the result SIENNA
- Muddy-looking color
- "Burnt" color
- Burnt __ (reddish hue)
- Reddish brown
- Earth tone
- Clay used in pigments
- Burnt ___ (Crayola color)
- "Burnt" crayon color
- Burnt ___ (crayon color)
- Earth pigment
More clues leading to the result AUBURN
- Moderate reddish brown
- Alabama's intrastate rival
- Reddish-brown hair color
- Home of the Tigers
- Alabama university
- Reddish-brown
- Alabama rival
- 2010 Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton's alma mater
- The Tigers of the NCAA's Southeastern Conference
- Georgia rival since 1892
More clues leading to the result MAHOGANY
- Wood used in cabinetry
- 1975 Diana Ross film
- Chest material, often
- Reddish-brown
- Furniture wood
- Reddish brown
- Wood resistant to termites.
- Reddish brown.
- Hardwood tree
- Termite-resistant wood
More clues leading to the result BAY
- Botany or Coos
- Hudson, for one
- __ of Biscay
- Hound sound
- Reddish-brown horse
- A bridge may span it
- Do a moonlight serenade?
- Cargo compartment
- Howl at the moon
- Hudson ___
More clues leading to the result COCOA
- Designated driver's beverage
- Breakfast drink
- Hot winter drink
- Wintertime quaff
- Après-ski drink
- Macchiato flavor
- Après-ski quaff
- Hot beverage
- Winter drink
- Hot drink
More clues leading to the result SEPIA
- Brown shade
- Tone in Wild West-themed photo shoots
- Oft-used Instagram filter
- Tintype tone
- Print tint
- Instagram effect
- Shade of brown
- Old photo
- Ink from cuttlefish
- Vintage photo hue
More clues leading to the result LIVER
- Good iron source
- Wurst ingredient
- Organ destroyed by too much 17-Across
- It takes a beating during a beer bash
- Pate base, often
- Chef's "foie"
- Source of iron
- Bile producer
- The body's largest gland
- *"You've Got to Pick-a-Pocket or Two" musical
More clues leading to the result WALNUT
- Waldorf salad ingredient
- Waldorf salad morsel
- Brownie extra, maybe
- Brownie ingredient
- Brownie morsel, maybe
- Tree that was the source of Thumbelina's cradle
- With 26-Down, seder plate item
- Hickory kin
- Gunstock wood
- Squirrel's treat
More clues leading to the result RUSSETY
More clues leading to the result COPPER
- Element
- Tucson's ___ Bowl
- It makes cents
- Gift for a 22nd anniversary that's fitting?
- Penny, to Dickens
- Element whose chemical symbol is used in this puzzle's theme
- "The Fox and the Hound" hound
- Cu
- Statue of Liberty's skin
- Element #29
More clues leading to the result TITIAN
- "The Assumption of the Virgin" painter
- Brownish-orange
- With 18-Across, pursuer of a lost Renaissance painter?
- Venetian old master
- Venetian painter
- Venus of Urbino artist
- "Assunta" artist
- Golden-brown color named for a painter
- Venetian master
- Assumption of the Virgin painter
More clues leading to the result BRONZE
- Beach hue
- Alloy of copper and tin
- Third-place prize
- Sculpture medium
- Medal metal
- Third place medal
- Horse racing : show :: Olympics : ___
- Third place
- Statue metal
- Shade at the beach
More clues leading to the result BOLE
- Tree trunk
- Trunk
- Trunk of a tree
- Wooden trunk
- Sycamore trunk
- Botanical trunk
- Oak trunk
- Tree trunk.
- The trunk of a tree.
- Friable clay.
More clues leading to the result OCHER
- Earthy tone
- Earthy pigment
- Autumn color
- Reddish yellow
- Yellow pigment
- Earth pigment
- Earth tone
- Reddish pigment
- Pompeii pigment
- Orange-yellow hue
More clues leading to the result CINNAMON
- Red-hot flavoring
- Cappuccino flavoring, often
- Seasoning symbolizing stability
- Bun spice
- Coffeecake flavoring
- Wrigley's Big Red flavoring
- Eggnog spice
- It's good for your digestion
- Spice from a tree
- French-toast topping
More clues leading to the result HAZEL
- Nut
- Maid-for-TV?
- Ted Key's cartoon
- The Baxters' housekeeper
- Nut color
- Witch __
- Greenish-brown eye shade
- Ted Key's sassy maid
- Brownish eye color
- Light brown
More clues leading to the result OXBLOOD
- Reddish brown
- Yellowish-red color.
- Dark reddish brown
- Deep dull-red color
- Shade of red
- Dress shoe color, sometimes