Spurious.
The crossword clue "Spurious." is answered by BOGUS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOGUS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOGUS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BOGUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOGUS, most used first.
- Counterfeit - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Phony - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Fake - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Fraudulent - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Not genuine - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sham - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Like funny money - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
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- Spurious - FALSE, used 11 times
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