Washed out

The answer to “Washed out” in the Thomas Joseph crossword is PALE — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Thomas Joseph crossword on July 29, 2026, a Wednesday puzzle, at 12-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Washed out” answer

PALE (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is PALE.

Why the answer is PALE

Think of a faded color with little intensity, like an old shirt left in the sun ☀️

What does PALE mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of PALE is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Washed out” appeared?

Thomas Joseph reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 29, 2026 (most recent) → PALE. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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