Trivial objection
The crossword clue "Trivial objection" is answered by CAVIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Nitpick - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Find fault - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- 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
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.
- Trivial - PETTY, used 43 times
- Trivial - MINOR, used 21 times
- Trivial Pursuit edition - GENUS, used 18 times
- Voice an objection - DEMUR, used 14 times
- Trivial - SMALL, used 12 times
- Most trivial - LEAST, used 9 times
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