IDEA

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IDEA

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for IDEA in this collection

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• Notion - used 778 times across 74 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Concept - used 422 times across 72 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Brainstorm - used 311 times across 56 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Thought - used 225 times across 68 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Inkling - used 160 times across 53 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Brainchild - used 157 times across 45 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Creative thought - used 155 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Creative spark - used 109 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• "What's the big ___?" - used 93 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Conception - used 61 times across 37 distinct years, most recently in 2024
• Impression - used 61 times across 42 distinct years, most recently in 2023
• Inspiration - used 61 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Mental flash - used 51 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• "The very ___!" - used 49 times across 31 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Think tank output - used 40 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2024
• Bright thought - used 39 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• It's a thought - used 39 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2024
• "I had no ___!" - used 38 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Think tank product - used 35 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2024
• Creative notion - used 34 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Fancy - used 34 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2023
• Flash of inspiration - used 33 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Sneaking suspicion - used 33 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2024
• Brainstorming result - used 32 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Inventor's inspiration - used 32 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Light bulb, in comics - used 30 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Creative flash - used 29 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Opinion - used 29 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2013
• Think tank nugget - used 28 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2019
• Brain wave - used 27 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2023
• Writer's block breakthrough - used 25 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Creative germ - used 23 times across 14 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• "Hey, what's the big ___?" - used 22 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
• Inventor's starting point - used 22 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2022
• Inventor's spark - used 21 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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• IDLE - 4 letters, 1,829 combined xd usages, 30 clues in this collection
• INTO - 4 letters, 1,730 combined xd usages, 29 clues in this collection
• ISLE - 4 letters, 1,655 combined xd usages, 37 clues in this collection
• INRE - 4 letters, 1,620 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
• IDOL - 4 letters, 1,616 combined xd usages, 31 clues in this collection
• IRIS - 4 letters, 1,546 combined xd usages, 26 clues in this collection

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