Common verb
The crossword clue "Common verb" is answered by ARE, a 3-letter entry. Used 198 times across 53 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ARE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARE answer page.
Used 198 times across 53 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 13 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- WERE (9 uses in xd)
- SHALL (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ARE
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ARE, most used first.
- Exist - used 858 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ we there yet?" - used 251 times, most recently in 2026
- Verb for you - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- "You ___ here" - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ we having fun yet?" - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ you serious?" - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ you kidding?" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- "Roses -- red" - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- "Right you --!" - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Biblical verb ending - ETH, used 112 times
- British verb ending - ISE, used 103 times
- Common article - THE, used 99 times
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