The Clue
Ready for plucking (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RIPE
Tags
Notes
The answer RIPE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Auspicious
Mature
Opportune
Ready
Seasoned
Full-blown
Herrick's "Cherry ___"
In one's prime
Quite ready
Ready to eat
Ready enough
Ready for picking
Ready to pluck
Ready for reaping
An adjective for old age
"Cherry ___," Herrick poem
Good enough to eat
Like a yellow banana
Stinky, as gym clothes
Like overused gym clothes
It may precede old age
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"