Compact
The crossword clue "Compact" is answered by DENSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 54 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DENSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DENSE answer page.
Used 54 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DENSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DENSE, most used first.
- Thick - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Tightly packed - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Thickheaded - used 46 times, most recently in 2023
- Thickly packed - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Slow on the uptake - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Slow-witted - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Stupid - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Crowded - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Jam-packed - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
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