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CURSE

5 letters - 16 clues in this collection

CURSE is a 5-letter crossword answer with 16 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 167 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

The answer

CURSE

CURSE

5Letters
16Clues in collection
167Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for CURSE in this collection

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  • Hex - used 19 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Malediction - used 18 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2022
  • Use foul language - used 17 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Put a hex on - used 15 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Swear - used 13 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Turn the air blue - used 12 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2013
  • Blaspheme - used 10 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2022
  • Anathema - used 8 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2004
  • Imprecation - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2006
  • Witch's hex - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2020
  • Evil spell - used 7 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2023
  • Talk a blue streak? - used 7 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2021
  • Witch's bestowal - used 7 times across 5 distinct years, most recently in 2012
  • Invoke misfortune - used 6 times across 4 distinct years, most recently in 2007
  • Jinx - used 6 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2024
  • Witch's revenge - used 6 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2022

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  • CAIRO - 5 letters, 494 combined xd usages, 25 clues in this collection
  • CEDAR - 5 letters, 491 combined xd usages, 29 clues in this collection
  • CLARA - 5 letters, 452 combined xd usages, 24 clues in this collection
  • CADET - 5 letters, 445 combined xd usages, 22 clues in this collection
  • CREDO - 5 letters, 445 combined xd usages, 23 clues in this collection

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