Mountain spur
The crossword clue "Mountain spur" is answered by ARETE, a 5-letter entry. Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ARETE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARETE answer page.
Used 27 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ARETE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARETE, most used first.
- Mountain ridge - used 187 times, most recently in 2026
- Mountain crest - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Rugged ridge - used 40 times, most recently in 2016
- Sharp ridge - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
- Sharp mountain ridge - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Glacial ridge - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
- Rocky ridge - used 26 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Mountain nymph - OREAD, used 206 times
- Mountain lions - PUMAS, used 50 times
- Mountain air? - YODEL, used 34 times
- Mountain ash - ROWAN, used 34 times
- South American mountain range - ANDES, used 32 times
- Mountain lakes - TARNS, used 29 times
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