Mature, as fruit
The crossword clue "Mature, as fruit" is answered by RIPEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIPEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPEN answer page.
Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RIPEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPEN, most used first.
- Mature - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn red, maybe - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Age - used 29 times, most recently in 2019
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Tropical fruit - GUAVA, used 112 times
- Tropical fruit - MANGO, used 88 times
- More mature - OLDER, used 54 times
- Mature - ADULT, used 52 times
- More mature - RIPER, used 47 times
- Fuzzy fruit - PEACH, used 38 times
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