Common article

The answer

THE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THE answer page.

Used 99 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• DER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for THE

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

• Article. - used 121 times, most recently in 1997
• Definite article - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Not just any - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Everyday article - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
• Not just "a" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Fill in __ blank - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• English article - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Common title word - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• Much-used article - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Common title starter - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Commonest English word - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Most common English word - used 21 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.

• French article - LES, used 333 times
• German article - DER, used 316 times
• French article - UNE, used 283 times
• German article - EIN, used 225 times
• Common verb - ARE, used 198 times
• German article - DAS, used 153 times

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