Once a year
The crossword clue "Once a year" is answered by ANNUAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ANNUAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANNUAL answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 7 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.
- ANNUALLY (4 uses in xd)
- PERANNUM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANNUAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANNUAL, most used first.
- Yearly - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Yearbook - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Like many award ceremonies - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Once-a-year bloomer - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Iran, once - PERSIA, used 29 times
- Once in a blue moon - RARELY, used 27 times
- Once more - AFRESH, used 26 times
- "My Favorite Year" star - OTOOLE, used 25 times
- Once in a blue moon - SELDOM, used 20 times
- Sri Lanka, once - CEYLON, used 18 times
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