Get the ball rolling
The crossword clue "Get the ball rolling" is answered by BEGIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BEGIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEGIN answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BREAKTHEICE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BEGIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEGIN, most used first.
- Start - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Commence - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Kick off - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Get started - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Get going - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Initiate - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Launch - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Get up - ARISE, used 204 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.