Code word
The crossword clue "Code word" is answered by ALFA, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALFA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALFA answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 5 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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Other clues for ALFA
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALFA, most used first.
- ___ Romeo - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Letter before Bravo - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Code word for A - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Romeo (sports car) - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- __ Romeo (Italian auto) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Romeo (Italian car) - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- A, in communications - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Romeo (Italian sports car) - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Esparto grass. - used 16 times, most recently in 1987
- African grass - used 13 times, most recently in 1975
- ___ Romeo (imported auto) - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Romeo (Italian automaker) - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Italian sports car, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- A, in code - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Italian car, briefly - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Sporty auto, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Sporty Italian auto, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Italian sports car, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Communications code word - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Italian sports car, informally - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- ___ Romeo (Italian sportscar) - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Romeo lead-in - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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- Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
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- Towel word - HERS, used 143 times
- Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
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