Pithy saying
The crossword clue "Pithy saying" is answered by ADAGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ADAGE
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Used 22 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 10 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.
- PROVERB (5 uses in xd)
- APHORISM (3 uses in xd)
- EPIGRAM (3 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
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.
- Pithy - TERSE, used 59 times
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