Bear
The crossword clue "Bear" is answered by BRUIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. 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
BRUIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRUIN answer page.
Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. 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 BRUIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRUIN, most used first.
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- Boston hockey player - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- UCLA player - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- U.C.L.A. athlete - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Boston skater - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- U.C.L.A. player - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Bring to bear - EXERT, used 122 times
- Kind of bear - POLAR, used 34 times
- "The Jungle Book" bear - BALOO, used 31 times
- Australian "bear" - KOALA, used 28 times
- Bear - ABIDE, used 28 times
- ___ bear - POLAR, used 25 times
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