Clues for the word "WHITE"
We've had 148 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 172 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on September 17, 2026.
Definition of white
- superl. - Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; -- the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a white skin.
- superl. - Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
- superl. - Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
- superl. - Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
- superl. - Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
- superl. - Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
- n. - The color of pure snow; one of the natural colors of bodies, yet not strictly a color, but a composition of all colors; the opposite of black; whiteness. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
- n. - Something having the color of snow; something white, or nearly so; as, the white of the eye.
- n. - Specifically, the central part of the butt in archery, which was formerly painted white; the center of a mark at which a missile is shot.
- n. - A person with a white skin; a member of the white, or Caucasian, races of men.
- n. - A white pigment; as, Venice white.
- n. - Any one of numerous species of butterflies belonging to Pieris, and allied genera in which the color is usually white. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
- v. t. - To make white; to whiten; to whitewash; to bleach.
Referring Clues
- Justice replaced by Ginsburg
- Like half a barber pole
- Like snow
- Part of an egg
- Like a surrender flag
- Snowlike
- Frosty
- Shade of 17- and 57-Across
- Former Boston Celtics great Jo Jo ___
- Kind of bread or water
- ___ Sands National Monument
- With 28-Down, audible drone
- Common flag color
- Like a snowy landscape
- With 47-Across, state tree of Connecticut and Maryland
- End of the transformation
- Color of fear
- Like some knuckles?
- See 39-Across
- Bread variety
- Color of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
- *Chess side
- Snowy
- Yolk surrounder
- ____ Rock, British Columbia
- ______ Spruce (Manitoba's tree)
- First to move in chess
- See 9-Across
- Like Bing's Christmas
- Like snowy landscapes
- Eye part
- Egg part
- Sajak's cohort
- Woman of letters?
- With 40-Down, good witch's conjuring
- Snowflake's color
- "Hot in Cleveland" star
- Betty or E.B..
- See 49-Across
- Chess competitor
- Color of some privilege
- Author E.B.
- Caucasian
- Surrender flag color
- Bread choice
- One of a popular TV game show duo
- Paint color
- *Furry arctic creatures
- Chess side
- Kind of tie
- Ashen
- Light-reflecting shade
- Sajak cohort
- One of five in this puzzle
- Betty or Vanna
- Snow's color
- With 66-Across, National Book Award-winning novel by Don DeLillo
- Chalky
- Labour leader Bob
- Chess board colour or Ontario lake
- Caller's second (and correct) guess to answering the limerick from 1-across
- Like nervous knuckles?
- See 1-Across
- Side in chess
- *Other side of a 23-Across piece
- Like a flag of surrender
- Bob ______ ( CAW's first chieftan)
- ______ court ( place in Alberta )
- Snow ___
- Whizzer or E.B.
- Bob ____ (CLC president 1992 to 1999)
- First American to walk in space
- Author of "Charlotte's Web"
- "Charlotte's Web" author
- Colour
- Snooker ball colour
- Snow colour
- Billy Idol's "___Wedding"
- Jefferson Airplane's "Rabbit"
- See 10
- Chess player moving first
- Colourless
- See 20
- Snooker player breaks with end of cue
- A little bit European, or totally so?
- Ball the West Indies' opener hit for six
- See 4
- A little key - silvery
- Jimmy's cue ball
- We're out of wallop (such as chardonnay?)
- Policy statement
- Possibly with one end being chalky
- Reflecting virtually all light
- Drink that should be chilled
- "Reinventing the wheel" inapt: it's not needed
- Leading chess player's member of 18
- "The Elements of Style" co-author (118)
- We must hold success to be spotless
- See 7
- See 9
- Colour of the man's suit, a success in the Guardian(5)
- See 22
- I haven't cut up on motorway in colourless environment? I probably have!
- Bridal colour
- Bit end of pie/pasty
- Kind of butterfly naturalist named
- Barry (associated with hooter) muffling one background sound?
- Color that can precede each half of each [2] answer
- We're out to knock what's lacking colour
- Fordham University color
- Leading chess player
- Why is tea endlessly combined with milk?
- If Spurs primarily not there, getting confused with the Arsenal 7?
- Inside the Guardian, 75% of this puzzle is clean
- Guardian staff drink wallop with milk
- One may be forgiven for telling them
- Scream with this novel by 5 1 across
- Chess player with involved ending in game
- See special instructions
- Berlin's perennial crime? What's this about?
- Success in the Guardian came from much reflection
- Official publication of 12 11
- See 11
- Victim of sex trafficker causing 18 just a ripple?
- Bit end of pie
- With 50 Across, our Chistmas movie's title
- Possibly withered, not red but pallid
- See 86-Across
- The lighter side of chess
- Chess player with renewed energy
- *With 60-Across, fresh face at a dojo
- One side in 70-Down
- "___ Christmas" (holiday song)
- Like some teeth and lies
- The 23 of Jack London's wolf-dog?
- Vanna or Betty
- The circled letters in the second shaded area
- Like Christmas, one imagines
- Harmless, as a lie
- Vanna of letters
- Wintry, in a way
- First color to move, in chess
- Like a well-brushed canine, say
- Color of garlic skin
- We're out of wallop (such as chardonnay?)
- "If it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back. If it's ___, say goodnight!" (bear advice)
- What not to wear to a wedding, it's said
- Cannellini, e.g.
Last Seen In
- New York Times - September 17, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - August 13, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - August 07, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - August 06, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2026
- Your Life Choices - June 01, 2026
- New York Times - March 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 09, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 13, 2025
- New York Times - October 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 29, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 12, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 01, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 12, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 28, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 18, 2023
- Your Life Choices - October 04, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 26, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 15, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - August 07, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 14, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - August 12, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - August 10, 2022
- USA Today - August 10, 2022
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