From PURPLE to WHITE

Tue, September 8, 2026
PURPLE
  (5)

Clues, out of order

"________PURPLE" (1982 hit not about carnivores)
PURPLE ________, a scheduled outing
Change a vowel sound in PURPLE to get a basketball position
Color that rhymes with PURPLE
Drop a bigram (two letters) from PURPLE to get an animal
Grocery section that rhymes with PURPLE
He wrote the laws of PURPLE
PURPLE + horse = ________
PURPLE of ________, thing that might help you balance
Palm PURPLE
"The PURPLE People ________" (1958 novelty hit)

About this Raddle

Before they transitioned to purple and white, Northwestern’s official colors were black and gold, a pairing later deemed too close to Princeton’s black and orange.

Theme: Northwestern University

I graduated from Northwestern University in 1998, with a degree in Computer Science, though I spent most of my time there designing for the newspaper, The Daily Northwestern. Every few months since graduating, I open up the latest NU alumni magazine with an eye out for the names of folks I once knew. I'm thrilled to say that now I'm one of those names, thanks to this profile of me by Diana Babineau.