Word with blue or open

The answer to “Word with blue or open” in the New York Times crossword is SKIES — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on December 20, 2025, a Saturday 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.

“Word with blue or open” answer

SKIES (5 letters)

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Why the answer is SKIES

SKIES is the 5-letter solution that fits "Word with blue or open" in the NYT Crossword crossword on December 20, 2025 (32-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SKIES mean?

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

When else has “Word with blue or open” 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.

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

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