Dunce cap shape
The crossword clue "Dunce cap shape" is answered by CONE, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CONE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CONE answer page.
Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. 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.
- CONIC (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CONE, most used first.
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- Traffic marker - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
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