Brutish sort
The crossword clue "Brutish sort" is answered by BEAST, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BEAST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEAST answer page.
Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BEAST
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEAST, most used first.
- "Beauty and the __" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Brute - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Wild animal - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Monster - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Animal - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Beauty's love - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Beauty lover - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Beauty's beau - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Savage - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Beauty's beloved - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Ogre - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Admirer of Beauty - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Beauty's admirer - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Creature - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Wild thing - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Brutish one - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Solitary sort - LONER, used 82 times
- Gossipy sort - YENTA, used 40 times
- Lazy sort - IDLER, used 20 times
- Selfish sort - TAKER, used 20 times
- Nosy sort - SNOOP, used 16 times
- Intolerant sort - BIGOT, used 15 times
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