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STERN

5 letters - 11 clues in this collection

STERN is a 5-letter crossword answer with 11 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 363 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

STERN

STERN

5Letters
11Clues in collection
363Combined 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 STERN in this collection

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  • Back of a boat - used 59 times across 26 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Strict - used 39 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Violinist Isaac - used 38 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2014
  • Uncompromising - used 37 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Severe - used 31 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Unyielding - used 29 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Austere - used 27 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Back of a ship - used 27 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Harsh - used 26 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2021
  • Exacting - used 25 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Forbidding. - used 25 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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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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