Vital blood vessel

The answer

AORTA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AORTA answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 4 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.

• JUGULARVEIN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AORTA

Every other clue in this collection answered by AORTA, most used first.

• Main artery - used 220 times, most recently in 2026
• Major artery - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• It comes from the heart - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Blood line - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Major blood vessel - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
• Heart line - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Artery - used 54 times, most recently in 2006
• Vital artery - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Main line - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Vital vessel - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Largest artery - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Large artery - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Blood carrier - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Heart outlet - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Line from the heart - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Cardiologist's concern - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Arterial trunk - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Major vessel - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Main blood vessel - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Cardiology concern - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Blood vessel - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
• Corporeal channel - used 14 times, most recently in 1991
• Main trunk - used 14 times, most recently in 2006
• Trunk line - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Vena cava neighbor - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Largest artery in the body - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Left ventricle outlet - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Heart artery - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Angiogram image - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Big artery - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Crucial artery - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Trunk artery - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Big blood vessel - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Central artery - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Great artery. - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
• It comes straight from the heart - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Heart's main line - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Vital supply line - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Way to a man's heart? - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Inner tube? - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• It's from the heart - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Ventricle outlet - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Artery from the heart - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Chief artery - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Large blood vessel - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Left ventricle's outlet - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• One from the heart? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Vital carrier - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Vital conduit - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Way from a man's heart - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Circulation mainstay - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Heart part - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Largest artery in the human body - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Largest blood vessel - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Life line - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Main bloodline - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Main line from the heart - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Major blood line - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Primary artery - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Blood of the gods - ICHOR, used 47 times
• Oktoberfest vessel - STEIN, used 38 times
• Blood component - SERUM, used 36 times
• Sailing vessel - SLOOP, used 36 times
• Vital sign - PULSE, used 31 times
• "Too rich for my blood" - IMOUT, used 30 times

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