Action
The crossword clue "Action" is answered by DOING, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOING
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOING answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DOING
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOING, most used first.
- "Nothing ___!" - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Carrying out - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Performing - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Accomplishing - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Up to - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- "How are you ___?" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "What are you ___?!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Where the action is - ARENA, used 96 times
- Put into action - EXERT, used 28 times
- Piece of the action - SHARE, used 22 times
- Action words - VERBS, used 20 times
- Sphere of action - ARENA, used 20 times
- People of action - DOERS, used 19 times
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