Burnt pigment

The answer to “Burnt pigment” in the New York Times crossword is UMBER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on July 27, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 122-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.

“Burnt pigment” answer

UMBER (5 letters)

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Why the answer is UMBER

UMBER is the 5-letter solution that fits "Burnt pigment" in the NYT Crossword crossword on July 27, 2025 (122-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does UMBER mean?

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

When else has “Burnt pigment” appeared?

New York Times 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 27, 2025 (most recent) → UMBER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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