Opinion piece

The answer

ESSAY

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESSAY answer page.

Used 88 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• OPED (25 uses in xd)
• EDITORIAL (6 uses in xd)
• FRANKLYSPEAKING (1 uses in xd)
• INALLHONESTY (1 uses in xd)
• ITHINK (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ESSAY

Every other clue in this collection answered by ESSAY, most used first.

• School paper - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• English class assignment - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Op-ed piece - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Writing assignment - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Think piece - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Attempt - used 36 times, most recently in 2020
• English assignment - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• School assignment - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• College application part - used 23 times, most recently in 2026

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