The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PALE , but the solution may also be WAN which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Washed-out crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PALE | 31 % | 4 |
| WAN | 23 % | 3 |
| FADED | 14 % | 5 |
| ASHY | 8 % | 4 |
| RINSED | 7 % | 6 |
| ASHEN | 3 % | 5 |
| PALLID | 2 % | 6 |
| BLAH | 2 % | 4 |
| PASTY | 2 % | 5 |
| DRAB | 2 % | 4 |
| FLUNKED | 1 % | 7 |
| ASEA | 1 % | 4 |
| ELUTED | 1 % | 6 |
| SPENT | 1 % | 5 |
Why may PALE be the right solution?
The answer "PALE" fits the clue "Washed out" because when something is washed out, it loses its vibrant color and becomes pale.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Washed-out
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wash out
- washed up
- washout
- worn off
- wash away
- worn out
- wornout
- wash off
- unwashed
- scrubbed
- burned out
- dry wash
Crossword Answer definitions
PALE noun- Paleness; pallor.
- To turn pale; to lose colour.
- To become insignificant.
- To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
- Light in color.
- (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Feeble, faint.
- A wooden stake; a picket.
- Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
- (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
- The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
- A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
- A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
- The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
- A cheese scoop.
- A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
- To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
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 PALE
- Color deficient
- Whitish in complexion
- Ashen
- Hardly rosy-cheeked
- Lighten up?
- Like Andy Warhol
- "____ Rider"
- 1985 Clint Eastward western, "____ Rider"
- Deficient in color
- Lacking color
More clues leading to the result WAN
- Pale
- Off color?
- Washed out
- Whey-faced
- White as a ghost
- Without color
- Pasty-faced
- Pale-faced
- Pale (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from the Spice Girls)
- Bleached-looking
More clues leading to the result FADED
- Washed-out
- Like aged blue jeans
- Like old jeans
- Lost luster
- No longer bright
- Vivid no more
- Not as colorful anymore
- Lost brightness
- Washed out
- Lost color
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 RINSED
- Washed lightly
- Washed off
- Got the suds out
- Rid of suds
- Ran under water
- Removed film, say
- Washed the soap off
- Went through a cycle
- Doused with water
- Removed suds from
More clues leading to the result ASHEN
More clues leading to the result PALLID
More clues leading to the result BLAH
- Lacking panache
- Mediocre
- Worthless nonsense
- Bor-r-ring
- Ho-hum
- "Yeah, whatever"
- Dull
- Uninspired
- Humdrum
- Boring
More clues leading to the result PASTY
- __-faced (sallow)
- Utterly lacking sun
- Meat pie
- Hardly ruddy
- Lacking color
- Ashen
- Cornish meat pie
- Wheyfaced
- Pallid
- Opposite of 27-Down
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 FLUNKED
More clues leading to the result ASEA
- On the water
- Clueless
- Cruising
- On a cruise
- On the briny
- On the main
- On the ocean
- Out of port
- Confused
- In search of whales