Hardly wordy
The crossword clue "Hardly wordy" is answered by TERSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 31 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TERSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TERSE answer page.
Used 31 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TERSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TERSE, most used first.
- To the point - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Succinct - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- Concise - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
- Pithy - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Laconic - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Not wordy - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Brusque - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Clipped - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Curt - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Short and sweet - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Short and to the point - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Of few words - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Short - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Short-winded - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Hardly any - SCANT, used 24 times
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