Like a cliché
The crossword clue "Like a cliché" is answered by TRITE, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TRITE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRITE answer page.
Used 29 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TRITE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRITE, most used first.
- Hackneyed - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
- Overused - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Banal - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Stale - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Old hat - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Commonplace - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
- Overdone - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Shopworn - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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