Letter opener.
The crossword clue "Letter opener." is answered by DEAREST, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEAREST
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEAREST answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEAREST
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEAREST, most used first.
- Honey - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "Mommie __" - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Letter opener - DEARSIR, used 24 times
- Can opener - PULLTAB, used 14 times
- Letter - EPISTLE, used 14 times
- New Testament letter - EPISTLE, used 13 times
- Greek letter. - EPSILON, used 12 times
- Box opener of myth - PANDORA, used 11 times
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