Stayed home for dinner

The answer

ATEIN

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

Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ATEIN

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

• Dined at home - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Had a home-cooked meal - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Had dinner at home - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Enjoyed home cooking - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Didn't dine out - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Had leftovers, say - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Had home cooking - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Had leftovers, perhaps - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Had food delivered - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Ordered out - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ordered room service, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Didn't go out for dinner - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Had a pizza delivered - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Had a traditional dinner - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Enjoyed a home-cooked meal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Had leftovers, maybe - 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.

• Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
• Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
• For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
• Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• Home - ABODE, used 108 times

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