Founded (on)
The crossword clue "Founded (on)" is answered by BASED, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BASED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BASED answer page.
Used 25 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BASED
Every other clue in this collection answered by BASED, most used first.
- Headquartered - used 73 times, most recently in 2025
- "___ on a true story" - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Founded - used 38 times, most recently in 2022
- Stationed - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Established - used 23 times, most recently in 2016
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Founded: Abbr. - ESTAB, used 45 times
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