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Word entry · 4 letters

pale

Best crossword clue

"Washed-out in color"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /peɪl/Part of speech verb, adjective, nounSorted aelpStarts with PEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. turn pale, as if in fear

Word origin

From Middle English pale, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), from palleō (“to be pale; to grow pale; to fade”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelito-, from *pelH- (“gray”). Doublet of pallid. Displaced native Old English blāc.

Used in a sentence

  • I have pale yellow wallpaper.
  • She had pale skin because she didn't get much sunlight.
  • She turned pale and screamed on seeing the spider in the toilet.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Washed-out in color4 letters
02Light in color4 letters

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