Ten, for openers
The crossword clue "Ten, for openers" is answered by DECA, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. 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
DECA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DECA answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DECA
Every other clue in this collection answered by DECA, most used first.
- Ten: Prefix - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Numerical prefix - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
- Ten: Comb. form - used 16 times, most recently in 2004
- Prefix meaning "ten" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Twice penta- - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Penta- doubled - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix with -gon - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Ten: Pref. - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Metric prefix - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Ten, in combinations - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Word form for "ten" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Look for - SEEK, used 172 times
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