Terse
The crossword clue "Terse" is answered by CURT, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CURT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CURT answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CURT
Every other clue in this collection answered by CURT, most used first.
- Brusque - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
- Abrupt - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Rudely brief - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Short - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Rudely abrupt - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Short and not so sweet - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Snippy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Rudely terse - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Snappish - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Terse denial - NOTI, used 34 times
- Terse confession - IDID, used 15 times
- Terse admission - IDID, used 10 times
- Terse warning - DONT, used 10 times
- Terse confirmation - ITIS, used 7 times
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