Words of wisdom
The crossword clue "Words of wisdom" is answered by ADAGES, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ADAGES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADAGES answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- SAGEADVICE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ADAGES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ADAGES, most used first.
- Saws - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
- Wise sayings - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Proverbs - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Old sayings - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Maxims - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Sayings - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Old saws - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Time-honored sayings - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Goddess of wisdom - ATHENA, used 99 times
- Greek goddess of wisdom - ATHENA, used 84 times
- Threatening words - ORELSE, used 62 times
- Ultimatum words - ORELSE, used 50 times
- Threat words - ORELSE, used 27 times
- Put into words - STATED, used 26 times
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