By nature.
The crossword clue "By nature." is answered by BORN, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1953. 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
BORN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BORN answer page.
Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 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.
- NAUGHTY (2 uses in xd)
- INNATELY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for BORN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BORN, most used first.
- Brought into the world - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Delivered - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of loser - used 19 times, most recently in 2009
- "I wasn't ___ yesterday!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- __ yesterday (gullible) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Free" - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Brought forth - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Brought into being - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ yesterday (naive) - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Nee - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ on the Fourth of July" - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Brought to life - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Given life - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- "__ to Be Wild" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ Yesterday" - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Natural - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Similar in nature - AKIN, used 32 times
- Nature. - SORT, used 18 times
- Nature walk - HIKE, used 14 times
- Allied by nature - AKIN, used 8 times
- Of a similar nature - AKIN, used 8 times
- Follow a nature trail - HIKE, used 6 times
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