Compete in a bee
The crossword clue "Compete in a bee" is answered by SPELL, a 5-letter entry. Used 48 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SPELL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPELL answer page.
Used 48 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPELL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPELL, most used first.
- Be in a bee - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Incantation - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Bee-related - APIAN, used 50 times
- Stingless bee - DRONE, used 34 times
- Male bee - DRONE, used 25 times
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