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STALE

5 letters - 7 clues in this collection

STALE is a 5-letter crossword answer with 7 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 393 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

STALE

STALE

5Letters
7Clues in collection
393Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

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

Every clue for STALE in this collection

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  • No longer fresh - used 115 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Hackneyed - used 83 times across 39 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Trite - used 53 times across 38 distinct years, most recently in 2023
  • Old hat - used 46 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2023
  • Like old bread - used 41 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Not fresh - used 33 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Flat - used 22 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2021

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  • SNEER - 5 letters, 823 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
  • SASSY - 5 letters, 730 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
  • STEER - 5 letters, 702 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • SEETO - 5 letters, 624 combined xd usages, 6 clues in this collection
  • SNARE - 5 letters, 602 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • STARE - 5 letters, 593 combined xd usages, 14 clues in this collection
  • STEED - 5 letters, 584 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection

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