Busy
The crossword clue "Busy" is answered by ACTIVE, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACTIVE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACTIVE answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ACTIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACTIVE, most used first.
- On the go - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- On the move - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Lively - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Not idle - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- On the roster - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Busy - TIEDUP, used 25 times
- Least busy - IDLEST, used 14 times
- Busy - ATWORK, used 12 times
- Busy - ORNATE, used 10 times
- Busy ___ - ASABEE, used 9 times
- "I'm busy!" - NOTNOW, used 6 times
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