__-purpose
The crossword clue "__-purpose" is answered by DUAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DUAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUAL answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DUAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by DUAL, most used first.
- Twofold - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
- Two-way - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Two-part - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Two-purpose - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Binary - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ citizenship - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Double - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Serving two purposes - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Twin - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Paired - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Type of citizenship - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of citizenship - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- ___-purpose (serving two functions) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Two-pronged - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Two-in-one - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Having two parts - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- In two parts - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Like some citizenships - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Minimally multiple - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Two-fold. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Twofold in nature - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Without purpose - IDLY, used 56 times
- Finds a purpose for - USES, used 34 times
- Purpose - SAKE, used 24 times
- Lose on purpose - DIET, used 12 times
- All-purpose trks. - UTES, used 8 times
- Found a purpose for - USED, used 8 times
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