Widespread outbreak
The crossword clue "Widespread outbreak" is answered by EPIDEMIC, a 8-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EPIDEMIC
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EPIDEMIC answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 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.
- PANDEMIC (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EPIDEMIC
Every other clue in this collection answered by EPIDEMIC, most used first.
- Widespread - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
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