Clues for the word "RIPE"
We've had 216 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 752 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on July 20, 2026.
Definition of ripe
- n. - The bank of a river.
- superl. - Ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature; -- said of fruits, seeds, etc.; as, ripe grain.
- superl. - Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
- superl. - Having attained its full development; mature; perfected; consummate.
- superl. - Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.
- superl. - Ready for action or effect; prepared.
- superl. - Like ripened fruit in ruddiness and plumpness.
- superl. - Intoxicated.
- v. i. - To ripen; to grow ripe.
- v. t. - To mature; to ripen.
Referring Clues
- Properly aged
- Pluckable
- Full-fledged
- Ready
- Ready to be picked
- Ready for plucking
- Pickable
- Opportune
- Like a yellow banana
- Ready to eat
- Ready to pluck
- Like overused gym clothes
- Fully developed
- Red, as an apple
- It may precede old age
- Fully prepared (for)
- Ready to pick
- No longer green
- Seasoned
- Ready for picking
- Red, maybe
- Fully ready
- Between green and black, maybe
- Between green and black, say
- Stinky, as gym clothes
- Rather smelly
- Perfect for picking
- Ready for harvest
- Mature
- Foul-smelling
- Good to taste, or bad to smell
- Ready to be plucked
- Like a black olive
- Really smelly
- Like old age?
- Old age preceder?
- Like many old gym socks
- Smelly, as post-workout clothes
- Ready to be eaten
- Smelly
- Mellow
- Suitable
- Like a black blackberry
- Stinky
- Fit for picking
- Red, in many cases
- Ready to harvest
- Ready to retrieve
- Mature enough to harvest
- Ready to reap
- Matured
- Ready for the farm stand
- Auspicious, as time
- Entirely edible
- About to be picked
- Harvest-ready
- At fruition
- Good and juicy
- Fully matured
- Like unwashed gym clothes
- Good enough to eat
- Like edible fruit
- Finally good enough to eat
- Finished growing on the vine
- Ready enough
- Fully red, as a raspberry
- Ready to eat, as fruit
- Ready for the picking
- Ready now
- Very pluckable
- Like black olives
- Red and juicy
- Fully grown
- Mellowed
- Green's opposite
- Fit for pickin'
- Sufficiently aged
- Auspicious
- Yellow, as a banana
- Red, perhaps
- Prime for picking
- Finally edible
- Not green
- Ready for eating
- Fully aged
- Like a golden papaya
- Smelly, as underwear
- Justiciable go-with
- Like a soft avocado
- Harvestable
- With 120- and 86-Down, what centenarians live to
- Like some fruit
- Ready for harvesting
- Mature, as fruit
- Tempered
- Strong-smelling, say
- Like yellow bananas
- Ready (for)
- Mature on the vine
- What an issue must be before a court
- Aged
- Ready, as a raspberry
- No longer green, perhaps
- Ready to be harvested
- Like a red tomato
- Fully prepared
- Offensive-smelling
- Ready for the pickin'
- Preceder of old age?
- At the fitting stage
- With 26 Down, tapenade ingredient
- Ready to happen
- Like a soft persimmon
- Full-blown
- Ready for reaping
- Timely
- Like yellow 17-Acrosses
- Propitious
- Unlike green tomatoes
- Ready to get picked
- Good enough to eat, in a way
- Fully mature
- Well positioned (for)
- Ready for the reaper
- Like orange or red persimmons
- Having sat in the locker room way too long
- Completely developed
- Primed
- Mature, like fruit
- Fully grown, as an apple
- Like fruit that's ready to eat
- Mature, as an apple
- Like ready-to-eat fruit
- Good for eating
- Sticker word on an avocado, maybe
- Ready to pick off the vine
- Band ready for the big time
- Pickable Ben Lee song?
- Rocker ready for the big time
- Pickable Ben Lee album?
- Grumble not good - a bit indecent
- Fully ready to rebuild the pier
- After starter's put away, beef's ready
- Ready (to be eaten or used)
- Mature, so given rent and key
- Mature, in a way
- Somewhat smelly
- Odoriferous, say
- No longer needing the vine
- See 23
- Ready with rent rebate at last
- Having a foul 11-Down
- Completely red, as a raspberry
- Unlike a green banana
- Ready to be plucked from the vine
- 5 across is partly ready
- Advanced, as old age
- Ready on the vine
- Soft, as brie
- Now suitable for eating
- Full-grown
- Developed
- As good as it gets
- Fit for harvesting
- Like full-grown Empires
- Ready for harvesting and eating
- Ready to drop off the vine
- Like ready fruit
- Like thumped watermelons making a deep sound
- Begging to be picked
- Due for harvesting
- Like fruit that's ready to be picked
- No longer green, say
- Ready in the field
- As good as it's going to get?
- Like avocados ready for guacamole
- Yielding slightly to a gentle squeeze, as a peach
- Ready to bite into
- Completely ready
- Ready to pluck and eat
- Like a coconut that falls from its tree
- Fully grown, as a pineapple
- Like a golden yellow mango
- Ready to eat, in a way
- Ready for a fruit salad
- What comes before old age?
- Fully grown, as a grape
- Like a yellow lemon
- Fully grown, as a banana
- ___ old age
- Like a delicious grape
- Like a soft mango
- Like delicious grapes on a vine
- Red outside, maybe
- Like a yellow papaya
- Primed (for)
- Like a golden-yellow pineapple
- Ready, as a banana
- Quite stinky
- Like a yellow banana with spots
- Like a juicy, aromatic mango
- Like a banana you can eat right now
- Like an avocado with a slight give
- Ready, in a way
- Like a fragrant melon
- Like peaches in summer
- Like an avocado that's soft but not mushy
- Perfect for a salad, say
- Funky
- Like plump peaches, typically
- Malodorous
- ___ for the picking
- Like dark green avocados
- Rank
- Ready to serve
- Like a plump red strawberry
Last Seen In
- LA Times - July 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 22, 2026
- LA Times - June 07, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2026
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- Your Life Choices - May 27, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 27, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 11, 2026
- Daily American - May 08, 2026
- New York Times - May 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 12, 2026
- Daily American - April 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 09, 2026
- LA Times - February 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 30, 2025
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