Bit of wisdom

The answer

ADAGE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAGE answer page.

Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 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.

• PEARL (20 uses in xd)
• NUGGET (3 uses in xd)
• AXIOM (1 uses in xd)
• DICTUM (1 uses in xd)
• GEM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADAGE

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

• Saw - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
• Old saying - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• Proverb - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Saying - used 96 times, most recently in 2025
• Wise saying - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Maxim - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Old saw - used 46 times, most recently in 2022
• "Time is money," e.g. - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Wise words - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Words of wisdom - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Pithy saying - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Haste makes waste," e.g. - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Traditional saying - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Traditional truism - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Wise maxim - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Beauty is only skin deep," e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Bit of folk wisdom - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Love conquers all," e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Old maxim - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Aphorism - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Memorable saying - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Proverbial saying - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Waste not, want not," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Wise old saying - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Better late than never," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Look before you leap," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Measure twice, cut once," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Time flies," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• "What goes up must come down," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Words to live by - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Apothegm - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "Let sleeping dogs lie," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Oft-quoted saying - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Time-honored truism - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "What goes around, comes around," e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
• Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
• Bit of parsley - SPRIG, used 56 times
• Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
• Wisdom tooth, e.g. - MOLAR, used 40 times
• Bit of tomfoolery - ANTIC, used 35 times

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