The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LILAC , but the solution may also be PLUM which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Shade of purple crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LILAC | 53 % | 5 |
| MAUVE | 17 % | 5 |
| PUCE | 6 % | 4 |
| PLUM | 6 % | 4 |
| ANEMONE | 3 % | 7 |
| ROYAL | 3 % | 5 |
| GRAPE | 3 % | 5 |
| ORCHID | 3 % | 6 |
| INDIGO | 3 % | 6 |
| EGGPLANT | 3 % | 8 |
| ARGYLE | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shade of purple
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lavender
- lilac
- violet
- geranium
- gentian
- poppy
- carnation
- pink
- viola
- creeper
- evening star
- goldin
Crossword Answer definitions
LILAC noun- A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink or purple flowers.
- A flower of the lilac shrub.
- (color) A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
- Having a pale purple 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 LILAC
- Fragrant flower
- Pale purple
- Sign of spring
- Whitman memorial flower
- Purple bloomer
- Spring bloom
- Whitman's dooryard bloomer
- Purplish hue
- Violet shade
- Air-freshener scent
More clues leading to the result MAUVE
- Pale blue-purple
- Lilac relative
- Bluish purple
- Sunset color
- Pale purple
- Pale bluish purple
- Shade of purple
- Purplish shade
- Purple shade
- The ___ Decade (Gay Nineties)
More clues leading to the result PUCE
- Purplish red
- Color that means "flea" in French
- Purple hue
- Reddish brown color
- Shade of red that means "flea"
- Brownish purple
- Purple shade
- Purplish brown
- Brownish-purple
- Color akin to cranberry
More clues leading to the result PLUM
- Horner's treat
- Little Jack Horner's discovery
- Enviable assignment
- Pudding ingredient
- Treat for Horner?
- Clue suspect
- Juicy job
- Horner's pie extraction
- Jack Horner's reward
- Jack Horner's find
More clues leading to the result ANEMONE
- "With a friend like that, who needs __?"
- Windflower
- Buttercup family plant
- Windflower (7)
- Friend of the clown fish
- Buttercup family member
- Flowerlike polyp
- Member of the buttercup family
- Wind flower
- Plant of the buttercup family
More clues leading to the result ROYAL
- One with special blood
- Part of HRH
- Sort of flush
- Kansas City athlete
- Princess, e.g.
- Monarchic
- Palace dweller
- ___ Winnipeg Ballet
- Princely
- Winningest Longhorns football coach Darrell
More clues leading to the result GRAPE
- Concord, e.g.
- Purple candy's flavor, ostensibly
- One of a bunch
- Muscat, for one
- Concord or seedless
- Wine base
- Potential raisin
- Barbera or charbono, e.g.
- Vintner's pick
- Concord or Catawba
More clues leading to the result ORCHID
- Corsage bloom
- Bloom or hue
- Lady's slipper
- Prom night adornment, often
- Corsage blossom
- Rex Stout's flower
- Greenhouse effect?
- Corsage flower
- Phalaenopsis or dendrobium, e.g.
- Common corsage
More clues leading to the result INDIGO
- Ellington's "Mood __"
- ___ Girls
- The I of ROY G. BIV
- Spectrum component
- Prism bar?
- Ellington's "Mood ___"
- "Mood ___" (Sinatra song)
- Blue shade
- "Mood ___" (Ellington song)
- ___ Girls ("Closer to Fine" singers)
More clues leading to the result EGGPLANT
- *Moussaka ingredient
- See 34 Across
- Black Beauty, e.g.
- Trattoria order
- Purple shade
- Deep purple
- Herb allied to potato.
- Popular upholstery color.
- Member of potato family.
- Vegetable.