Meaning
The crossword clue "Meaning" is answered by DRIFT, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1954. 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
DRIFT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRIFT answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DENOTING (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for DRIFT
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRIFT, most used first.
- Wander aimlessly - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Go with the flow - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Snow formation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "Catch my ___?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Windblown snow pile - used 6 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.
- Meaning - SENSE, used 56 times
- Prefix meaning "sun" - HELIO, used 46 times
- Prefix meaning "bone" - OSTEO, used 39 times
- Prefix meaning "four" - TETRA, used 36 times
- Prefix meaning "straight" - ORTHO, used 18 times
- Prefix meaning "large" - MACRO, used 15 times
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