Crossword Clue: Color of grass
Here's the answer to the Color of grass crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: GREEN
"Color of grass" points to GREEN, a 5-letter entry that starts with G and finishes on N and carries 2 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into GREEN from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
Green is the color between blue and yellow on the spectrum and is strongly associated with nature and growth. It also symbolizes permission, as in a 'green light,' and inexperience, as in someone being 'green.'
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as GREEN are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 5-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Green belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 5 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Color of grass"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make GREEN obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue GREEN — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "A 5-letter slot and a clue like 'Color of grass'? That's GREEN nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed GREEN was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing GREEN into the grid took no time at all."