Needing sharpening
The crossword clue "Needing sharpening" is answered by DULL, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. 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
DULL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DULL answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. 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 DULL
Every other clue in this collection answered by DULL, most used first.
- Boring - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Not sharp - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Lackluster - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Uninteresting - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Yawn-inducing - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Blunt - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Tedious - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Yawn-provoking - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Like dishwater - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Needing liniment - ACHY, used 26 times
- Needing liniment - SORE, used 23 times
- Needing directions - LOST, used 19 times
- Needing straightening - BENT, used 15 times
- Needing a massage - ACHY, used 12 times
- Needing a massage - SORE, used 10 times
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