Essence
The crossword clue "Essence" is answered by CORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 40 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
CORE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CORE answer page.
Used 40 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. 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 CORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CORE, most used first.
- Heart - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Apple center - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Center - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Apple's center - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Central part - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Center of an apple - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Apple discard - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Apple throwaway - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Apple leftover - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Innermost part - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Reactor part - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Essence - GIST, used 105 times
- Essence - PITH, used 58 times
- "Time ___ the essence" - ISOF, used 45 times
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