Funny

The answer

COMIC

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COMIC answer page.

Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1925. It appears in 7 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.

• HAHA (71 uses in xd)
• ODD (15 uses in xd)
• HAH (13 uses in xd)
• RISIBLE (7 uses in xd)
• COMEDIC (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for COMIC

Every other clue in this collection answered by COMIC, most used first.

• Humorous - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand-up performer - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Stand-up guy? - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Stand-up kind of guy? - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Amusing - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Improv performer - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of relief - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Laughable - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Nightclub performer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Open mic performer, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Professional joke teller - used 6 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.

• "Funny Girl" composer - STYNE, used 40 times
• "Funny Girl" composer Jule - STYNE, used 21 times
• Funny business - HUMOR, used 18 times
• Funny Anne - MEARA, used 17 times
• "Don't get any funny ___!" - IDEAS, used 16 times
• Very funny people - RIOTS, used 16 times

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