Nitpick
The crossword clue "Nitpick" is answered by CAVIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAVIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAVIL answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 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.
- QUIBBLE (5 uses in xd)
- FINDFAULT (4 uses in xd)
- DELOUSE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CAVIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAVIL, most used first.
- Quibble - used 30 times, most recently in 2018
- Carp - used 18 times, most recently in 2005
- Find fault - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Trivial objection - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Be petty - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Raise trivial objections - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Be nitpicky - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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