Letter starter
The crossword clue "Letter starter" is answered by DEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 39 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEAR answer page.
Used 39 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. 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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Every other clue in this collection answered by DEAR, most used first.
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.
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