The Clue
"Cherry ___," poem by Herrick (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RIPE
Tags
Notes
The answer RIPE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Auspicious
Mature
Mellow
Opportune
Pickable
Ready
Ready (for)
Full-blown
Fully developed
Herrick's "Cherry ___"
Herrick's "Cherry-___"
In one's prime
Ready to eat
Ready to pick
Ready for picking
Ready to pluck
Ready for plucking
Ready for the reaper
Ready for reaping
Red, maybe
Suitable for plucking
An adjective for old age
"Cherry-___," Herrick poem
Fully red, as a raspberry
Ready to be picked
Ready to be plucked
What the time is, at times
Between green and black, maybe
Between green and black, say
Definition
RIPE as an adjective:
1. (ripe, mature) = fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodied mature wines"
2. fully prepared or eager; "the colonists were ripe for revolution"
3. (good, right, ripe) = most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time is ripe for great sociological changes"
4. at the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge; "a ripe mind"
5. (advanced, ripe) = far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"