Lacking.

The answer

ABSENT

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABSENT answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 3 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.

• SANS (78 uses in xd)
• SHY (19 uses in xd)
• OUTOF (14 uses in xd)
• SHORT (6 uses in xd)
• SHORTOF (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for ABSENT

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

• Missing - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Not in class - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Away - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of AWOL - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Not present - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Not here - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Out - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Without - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Playing hooky - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Not at school - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Not attending - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Not attentive. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Not there - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Lacking principles - AMORAL, used 32 times
• Lacking a musical key - ATONAL, used 27 times
• Lacking a key - ATONAL, used 26 times
• Lacking vitality - ANEMIC, used 24 times
• Lacking vigor - ANEMIC, used 15 times
• Lacking scruples - AMORAL, used 14 times

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