The Clue
Imperial power (6 letter answer)
The Answer
PURPLE
Tags
Notes
The answer PURPLE is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1800 puzzles.
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Like bad bruises
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Definition
PURPLE as a noun:
1. (purple, purpleness) = a purple color or pigment
2. of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
PURPLE as a verb:
1. become purple
2. (purple, empurple, purpurate) = color purple
PURPLE as an adjective:
1. (purple, violet, purplish) = of a color intermediate between red and blue
2. (embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple) = excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
3. (imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal) = belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"