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The Clue

Needing bleach, say (5 letter answer)

The Answer

DINGY

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Notes

The answer DINGY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.

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Dismal
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Definition

DINGY as an adjective:

1. (begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy) = thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"
2. (dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy) = (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
3. (blue, dark, depressing, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary) = causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"