Intense

The answer

ARDENT

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARDENT answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 3 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.

• ACUTE (46 uses in xd)
• DEEP (17 uses in xd)
• FIERCE (8 uses in xd)
• AVID (5 uses in xd)
• KEEN (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for ARDENT

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

• Passionate - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Zealous - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Impassioned - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Gung-ho - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Fervid - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Devoted - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiery - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Burning with desire - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Enthusiastic - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Fervent - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Intensely enthusiastic - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Hot-blooded - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Intense fear - TERROR, used 31 times
• Becomes less intense - ABATES, used 8 times
• Grow more intense - DEEPEN, used 8 times
• Intense - FIERCE, used 8 times
• Become more intense - DEEPEN, used 7 times
• Intense conflict - STRIFE, used 6 times

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