Crossword clues - Answer
DEAR
DEAR is a 4-letter crossword answer with 10 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 691 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DEAR
DEAR
4Letters
10Clues in collection
691Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for DEAR in this collection
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- Letter opener - used 150 times across 48 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Beloved - used 110 times across 34 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Cherished - used 104 times across 39 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Precious - used 101 times across 45 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Expensive - used 70 times across 38 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Letter starter - used 39 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Darling - used 33 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Sweetie - used 30 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Costly - used 29 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2019
- Sweetheart - used 25 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2024
Related answers
Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with D.
- DENY - 4 letters, 1,126 combined xd usages, 20 clues in this collection
- DRAT - 4 letters, 853 combined xd usages, 14 clues in this collection
- DATA - 4 letters, 790 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
- DEEM - 4 letters, 761 combined xd usages, 8 clues in this collection
- DEED - 4 letters, 742 combined xd usages, 16 clues in this collection
- DARE - 4 letters, 712 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
- DENS - 4 letters, 605 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
- DONE - 4 letters, 575 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
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