Originate

The answer

CREATE

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CREATE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 4 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.

• ARISE (81 uses in xd)
• STEM (23 uses in xd)
• START (14 uses in xd)
• RISE (9 uses in xd)
• DERIVE (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for CREATE

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

• Make - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
• Invent - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Dream up - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Bring into being - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Produce - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Fashion - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Whip up - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Bring into existence - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bring to life - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Manufacture - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Come up with - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Bring about - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Design - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Devise - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Fabricate - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Originate - DERIVE, used 6 times
• Originate (from) - DERIVE, used 6 times

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