The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AMBER which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Yellow shade crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AMBER | 24 % | 5 |
| MAIZE | 21 % | 5 |
| OCHRE | 21 % | 5 |
| CANARY | 15 % | 6 |
| OCHER | 9 % | 5 |
| ASH | 3 % | 3 |
| STRAW | 3 % | 5 |
| GOLD | 3 % | 4 |
Why may AMBER be the right solution?
"AMBER" is a yellow shade because it is a color that ranges from a pale yellow to a deep orange-brown, resembling the color of amber gemstones.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Yellow shade
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- maize
- amber
- lemon
- ochre
- canary
- gold
- ocher
- straw
- goldenrod
- ash
- buff
- jonquil
Crossword Answer definitions
AMBER noun- Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
- A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
- A yellow-orange colour.
- The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
- The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
- To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
- To preserve in amber.
- To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
- To take on the yellow colour of amber.
- Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
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 AMBER
- Fossil resin
- Resin
- Waves of grain color
- "Jurassic Park" mosquito preserver
- The color of honey
- Forever __
- Insect-trapping goo
- Honey-colored
- Old bug-trapper
- Yellowish-brown
More clues leading to the result MAIZE
- Early Thanksgiving fare
- Ethanol source
- See 30-Across
- Sweet corn
- Corn
- Pale yellow shade
- Some ears
- Thanksgiving veggie
- Corn, to Brits
- With 84-Down, succotash
More clues leading to the result OCHRE
- Earthy pigment
- Earth tone
- Earthy color
- Iron oxide mixture
- Yellow shade
- Brownish pigment
- Earth pigment
- Dark Yellow pigment
- Dark yellow colour
- Reddish yellow (var.)
More clues leading to the result CANARY
- Stool pigeon
- Stoolie
- One who cracks under interrogation, slangily
- Bright yellow
- Yellow bird
- Tweety, e.g.
- Household warbler
- Singer in a cage
- Spain's ___ Islands
- Vivid yellow
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 ASH
- "Louisville Slugger" wood
- Barbecue leftover?
- Bat wood
- Blonde shade
- Campfire fallout
- Elastic furniture wood
- Elastic wood
- Eruption fallout
- Fireplace remnant
- Hardwood
More clues leading to the result STRAW
- Camel's backbreaker
- Scarecrow filler
- Sipper
- Horse stall bedding
- "That's the last ______!"
- Soda sipper
- Sucker
- Common object operated with air pressure
- Scarecrow's guts
- Scarecrow stuffing