Like Easter eggs or purple hair

The answer to “Like Easter eggs or purple hair” in the New York Times crossword is DYED — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 20, 2025, a Monday puzzle, at 32-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.

“Like Easter eggs or purple hair” answer

DYED (4 letters)

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Why the answer is DYED

DYED is the 4-letter solution that fits "Like Easter eggs or purple hair" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 20, 2025 (32-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does DYED mean?

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

When else has “Like Easter eggs or purple hair” 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.

January 20, 2025 (most recent) → DYED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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