Was penitent
The crossword clue "Was penitent" is answered by ATONED, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ATONED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ATONED answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ATONED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ATONED, most used first.
- Made amends - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Made up (for) - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Did penance - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Expiated - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- Observed Yom Kippur - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Made amends (for) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Made up - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Penitent person - ATONER, used 29 times
- Was rude, in a way - STARED, used 17 times
- "There was no other choice!" - IHADTO, used 15 times
- Was jealous of - ENVIED, used 13 times
- "See, I was right!" - TOLDYA, used 12 times
- Was worthy of - EARNED, used 12 times
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