The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BEET , but the solution may also be TOMATO which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Shade of red crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BEET | 20 % | 4 |
| CORAL | 12 % | 5 |
| CERISE | 10 % | 6 |
| RUBY | 9 % | 4 |
| TOMATO | 7 % | 6 |
| CLARET | 6 % | 6 |
| MAROON | 4 % | 6 |
| ROSE | 4 % | 4 |
| GARNET | 3 % | 6 |
| MAGENTA | 3 % | 7 |
| PUCE | 2 % | 4 |
| WINE | 2 % | 4 |
| RUST | 2 % | 4 |
| HENNA | 1 % | 5 |
| BRICK | 1 % | 5 |
| SCARLET | 1 % | 7 |
| RUSSET | 1 % | 6 |
| POPPY | 1 % | 5 |
| BURGUNDY | 1 % | 8 |
| LAKE | 1 % | 4 |
| EMBER | 1 % | 5 |
| OXBLOOD | 1 % | 7 |
| CLARETWINE | 1 % | 10 |
| BARN | 1 % | 4 |
| CAMELLIA | 1 % | 8 |
| CHINESE | 1 % | 7 |
| BLOOD | 1 % | 5 |
| OLDROSE | 1 % | 7 |
| INDIAN | 1 % | 6 |
| BRAZIL | 1 % | 6 |
| SIENA | 1 % | 5 |
| CHERRY | 1 % | 6 |
Why may TOMATO be the right solution?
The shade of red known as "tomato" is a common color name used to describe a red hue similar to that of a ripe tomato.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shade of red
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hue
- color
- tint
- tone
- tinge
- coloring
- coloration
- colouring
- hued
- eye
- colored
- toning
Crossword Answer definitions
BEET noun- Beta vulgaris, a plant with a swollen root which is eaten or used to make sugar.
- A beetroot, a swollen root of such a plant.
- To improve; to mend.
- To kindle a fire.
- To rouse.
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 BEET
- Borscht base
- Paragon of redness
- Sugar source
- Soup veggie
- Tired veggie?
- Borscht veggie
- Exemplar of redness
- Swiss chard, for one
- Mangel-wurzel, e.g.
- Salad ingredient
More clues leading to the result CORAL
- Color close to salmon
- RED
- Reef material
- Reef builder
- Reef deposit
- Reef growth
- Invertebrate in some endangered structures
- Salmon relative
- Apricot alternative
- Pink color
More clues leading to the result CERISE
- Cherry hue
- Red shade
- Shade close to claret
- Very like a cherry
- Moderate red
- Red as a cherry
- Vivid purplish red
- Deep red
- Crayola color introduced in 1993
- Cherry color
More clues leading to the result RUBY
- Precious stone
- Red stone
- STEP A) Start up the ___ laser, which burns through some ...
- 40th anniversary gift
- July emblem
- Red gem
- Keeler of "42nd Street"
- 40th-anniversary symbol
- Deep red
- Deep red hue
More clues leading to the result TOMATO
- Warhol's soup-can flavor
- Attacker in a 1980 flick
- Club-sandwich layer
- Love apple
- Dish
- BLT ingredient
- TN State Fruit
- Marinara must
- Home garden yield
- Soup base
More clues leading to the result CLARET
- Dry wine
- Bordeaux wine
- Red Bordeaux wine
- Red table wine
- Red Bordeaux
- Bordeaux, in Britain
- Red wine
- Bordeaux product
- Horace Rumpole's drink of choice
- Bordeaux
More clues leading to the result MAROON
- Leave high and dry
- Strand
- Color similar to cranberry
- Reddish-brown hue
- Shade of brown
- Strand on the sea
- Boston College hue
- Fordham University color
- Leave on an island
- Leave in the lurch
More clues leading to the result ROSE
- American Beauty
- "My Wild Irish ___"
- Floral gift
- Appreciated in value
- Color of some glasses?
- Proliferated
- Thorny bush
- Abie's girl
- Golden Girl
- One of the Golden Girls
More clues leading to the result GARNET
- Dark to very dark red birthstone
- January birthstone
- January's birthstone
- Red gemstone
- Red gem
- Hard glassy mineral
- Deep-red gem
- January gemstone
- Red stone
- Firey gem
More clues leading to the result MAGENTA
- Purplish red
- Shade of red
- Hue in the T Mobile logo
- Purplish shade
- Color used in four-color processing
- Color complementing cyan, yellow, and black
- Plum relative
- Purplish hue
- Color in four-color printing
- Purple shade
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 WINE
- Drink with cheese
- Viticulturist's product
- Blush, for example
- Chardonnay, for one
- Fermented beverage
- With 39-Across, "Pardners, we got us some chablis!"? ("Got Money")
- Cellar stock
- Beaujolais, e.g.
- Jug ___
- Retsina, e.g.
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 BRICK
- Really bad basketball shot
- Cheese variety
- Block of hardened clay
- Building block
- Red, rectangular solid
- The Kremlin's support structure?
- Building unit
- Like the house this puzzle's subject couldn't destroy
- Wall component
- Little Pig's building material
More clues leading to the result SCARLET
- Doyle's "A Study in __"
- "The ___ Pimpernel"
- The __ Letter
- Like Hester's A
- A's hue in a tale
- Pimpernel color
- Blood-red
- Red shade
- Color similar to poppy
- Like an infamous "A"
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 POPPY
- Showy flower
- Opium-yielding plant
- Seed on a bagel
- Deadly flower by the Yellow Brick Road
- Golden Triangle flower
- Flanders fields flower
- "Row on row" blower in a classic poem
- Bread-seed source
- Bagel-seed source
- Flower.
More clues leading to the result BURGUNDY
More clues leading to the result LAKE
- Victoria or Louise
- George or Victoria
- Place for a cabin
- Pontchartrain or Superior
- Body of water
- Swimming spot
- Victoria, e.g.
- Camping site
- HOMES component
- Titicaca, e.g.
More clues leading to the result EMBER
- Dying-fire bit
- Grill remnant
- Barbecue leftover?
- Coal remnant
- Burning remnant
- Hibachi content
- Smoldering fragment
- Marshmallow roaster
- Fireplace remnant
- Campfire evidence
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
More clues leading to the result CLARETWINE
More clues leading to the result BARN
- Animal house?
- Hex-sign spot
- Kind of owl or swallow
- Field sight
- Horse's home
- Rural residence
- Dance spot, perhaps
- Place for a hex sign
- It's usually next to a silo
- FarmVille installation
More clues leading to the result CAMELLIA
- Plant with rose-shaped flowers
- Pink flower
- Corsage favorite.
- Flower for a corsage.
- Flowering shrub.
- Plant named for a Jesuit
- Flower named for a Jesuit
- Shade of red
- Tea source
- Evergreen with roselike flowers
More clues leading to the result CHINESE
- Official UN language
- Take-out option
- Takeout cuisine
- Common cuisine
- With 45-Across, what this puzzle's quote is
- Like acupuncture
- It can precede the start of 6- and 48-Across and 28-Down
- Food often taken out
- Lantern type
- Takeout option
More clues leading to the result BLOOD
- It's from the heart
- Flesh partner
- Word with orange or moon
- "True ___"
- Drive collection
- Dracula's nutriment
- Vital fluid
- Former Canadian Red Cross concern
- What "Kensington Gore" stands in for on stage
- Bad ___ (ill will)
More clues leading to the result OLDROSE
- Purplish-red
- Antique grayish-pink shade
- Grayish-pink color
- Purplish red
- Grayish-red shade
- Purplish red.
- Shade of red.
- Soft color.
- Decorator's color.
- Reddish color
More clues leading to the result INDIAN
- Jacobs Field denizen·
- Man of Madras
- From Agra or Madras
- Player at Jacobs Field
- Bob Feller was one
- Third largest ocean
- Cleveland ballplayer
- Mumbai native
- Cleveland player
- One at a Delhi counter, say
More clues leading to the result BRAZIL
- Member of our country club (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002)
- Pelé's homeland
- Natal's nation
- Fifth most populous country
- World's fifth largest country
- 1992 Earth Summit site
- São Luís's country
- Pelé's land
- 2014 World Cup site
- "Moonraker" locale
More clues leading to the result SIENA
- Tuscany town
- Saint Catherine's city
- St. Catherine's home
- Cultural town south of Florence
- Tuscan town
- Italian art center
- Piazza del Campo city
- City in Tuscany
- Tuscan cathedral city
- Tuscan city