Launch
The crossword clue "Launch" is answered by BEGIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BEGIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEGIN answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2006. 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.
- BLASTOFF (2 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
- Get the ball rolling - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Initiate - used 6 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.
- Cancel, as a launch - ABORT, used 18 times
- Cancel, as a rocket launch - ABORT, used 10 times
- Cancel the launch - ABORT, used 9 times
- Cancel a launch - ABORT, used 8 times
- Stop, as a launch - ABORT, used 7 times
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