Common contraction
The crossword clue "Common contraction" is answered by ARENT, a 5-letter entry. Used 40 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ARENT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARENT answer page.
Used 40 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ARENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARENT, most used first.
- "___ we all?" - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ you clever!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- "You __ kidding!" - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Don't exist - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- "Looks ___ everything" - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ You Glad You're You?" - used 31 times, most recently in 2019
- Fail to be - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Do not exist - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Less common - RARER, used 151 times
- "Common Sense" author - PAINE, used 62 times
- Not as common - RARER, used 41 times
- "Common Sense" writer - PAINE, used 37 times
- Muscle contraction - SPASM, used 28 times
- "Common Sense" pamphleteer - PAINE, used 25 times
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