What there oughta be
The crossword clue "What there oughta be" is answered by ALAW, a 4-letter entry. Used 46 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus.
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Used 46 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALAW
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- "There oughta be ___!" - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- "There ought to be ___!" - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
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