Rather
The crossword clue "Rather" is answered by DAN, a 3-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DAN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DAN answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for DAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DAN, most used first.
- Dapper fellow - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Quarterback Marino - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Author Brown - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- "Dapper" guy - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Football's Marino - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor Aykroyd - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Son of Jacob. - used 23 times, most recently in 2013
- Newsman Rather - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Dapper one - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
- Veep before Al - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
- "The Da Vinci Code" author Brown - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Levy of "Schitt's Creek" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Dapper dude? - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Karate level - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Writer Brown - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Steely ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Blocker of "Bonanza" - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Cupid's title. - used 13 times, most recently in 1968
- Brown who wrote "The Da Vinci Code" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Novelist Brown - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Cupid - used 11 times, most recently in 1993
- Rather, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Dapper ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Fancy one - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
- Singer Fogelberg - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- "The ___ Patrick Show" (sports talk program) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Martial arts rank - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Football great Marino - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Karate skill level - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- NFL Hall of Famer Marino - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sex columnist Savage - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Tribe of Israel - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- "Angels & Demons" novelist Brown - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Aykroyd of "Ghostbusters" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Columnist Savage - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Comic Aykroyd - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Dojo degree - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "Downton Abbey" actor Stevens - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Rock's Steely ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Rather than. - ERE, used 35 times
- "I'd rather not" - NAH, used 12 times
- Rather like - ALA, used 8 times
- "I Guess ___ Rather Be in Colorado" (John Denver song) - HED, used 6 times
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