The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word COAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Shade of black crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COAL | 34 % | 4 |
| JET | 20 % | 3 |
| ONYX | 10 % | 4 |
| SABLE | 8 % | 5 |
| SOOT | 8 % | 4 |
| RAVEN | 7 % | 5 |
| EBON | 7 % | 4 |
| INK | 2 % | 3 |
| ONYX Down | 2 % | 39 |
| COMICAL | 2 % | 7 |
Why may ONYX-DOWN be the right solution?
The answer "ONYX" is a shade of black that is often used in jewelry and stone work.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shade of black
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ebony
- onyx
- jet
- magister
- raven
- bronze
- steel
- charcoal
- brown
- patina
- anthracite
- copper
Crossword Answer definitions
COAL noun- A black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
- A piece of coal used for burning (this use is less common in American English)
- A type of coal, such as bituminous, anthracite, or lignite, and grades and varieties thereof.
- A glowing or charred piece of coal, wood, or other solid fuel.
- Charcoal.
- To take on a supply of coal (usually of steam ships).
- To supply with coal.
- To be converted to charcoal.
- To burn to charcoal; to char.
- To mark or delineate with charcoal.
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 COAL
- Fossil fuel
- Train fuel, once
- Fuel
- Newcastle item
- Tender cargo
- Wyoming resource
- Fuel source
- Scuttle load
- Future diamond
- Fuel that's shoveled
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 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 SOOT
- Chimney fallout
- Chimney stuff
- Sweep's target
- Flue build-up
- It's found in a stack
- Carbon particles
- Chimney coating
- Flue problem
- What a chimney sweep sweeps
- Lampblack
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 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 INK
- Sign, as a contract
- Squid juice
- Writing fluid
- Calamari ejection
- Cephalopod's defense
- Invisible __
- Press coverage
- Shirt-pocket stain, often
- Sign
- Sign up