Like a dunce cap
The crossword clue "Like a dunce cap" is answered by CONIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CONIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CONIC answer page.
Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 10 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.
- CONICAL (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CONIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by CONIC, most used first.
- Funnel-shaped - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Shaped like a dunce cap - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- Volcano-shaped - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Like dunce caps - 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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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