Having a pulse
The crossword clue "Having a pulse" is answered by ALIVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALIVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALIVE answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALIVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALIVE, most used first.
- Full of energy - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Still in the game - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Vibrant - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ and kicking - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Breathing - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Kicking partner - used 39 times, most recently in 2020
- Animated - used 35 times, most recently in 2018
- Still breathing - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Still in contention - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Still kicking - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Still in the running - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Still with us - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ and well - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Existing - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
- Full of pep - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Kicking's partner - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Extant - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Not yet eliminated - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Still in play - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Animate - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Full of spirit - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Full of verve - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- One way to be wanted - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- One way to look - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Active - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Among the quick - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- __ and kicking (robust) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Dead or _____ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Energetic - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Sprightly. - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
- Still in it - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Swarming - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
- In existence - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Kicking companion - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not dead yet - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bustling - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "Look ___!" - used 6 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.
- Having wings - ALATE, used 43 times
- Having a lot to lose? - OBESE, used 32 times
- Pulse - THROB, used 23 times
- "___ having fun yet?" - AREWE, used 16 times
- Having debts - OWING, used 14 times
- Having rounded projections - LOBAR, used 13 times
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