Solemn ceremony

The answer

RITE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RITE answer page.

Used 84 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• RITUAL (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for RITE

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

• Ceremony - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
• Ceremonial act - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Religious ceremony - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of passage - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Baptism, e.g. - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Liturgy - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Confirmation, e.g. - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Bar mitzvah, e.g. - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Baptism, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Observance - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Formal ceremony - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Solemn act - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Sacred ceremony - used 24 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Solemn promise - OATH, used 112 times
• Solemn vow - OATH, used 82 times
• Solemn pledge - OATH, used 37 times
• Solemn assent - AMEN, used 31 times

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