Major happening
The crossword clue "Major happening" is answered by EVENT, a 5-letter entry. Used 42 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EVENT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVENT answer page.
Used 42 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EVENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EVENT, most used first.
- Happening - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
- Occurrence - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Calendar entry - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- News item - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Occasion - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Incident - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Major artery - AORTA, used 132 times
- Major blood vessel - AORTA, used 92 times
- Keep from happening - AVERT, used 73 times
- Major mix-up - SNAFU, used 33 times
- Happening - AFOOT, used 30 times
- Major mess - SNAFU, used 27 times
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