Talk of the Gaelic

The answer

ERSE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERSE answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ERSE

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERSE, most used first.

• Gaelic - used 679 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaelic tongue - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
• Gaelic language - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Celtic language - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Scottish Gaelic - used 61 times, most recently in 2016
• Highland tongue - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
• Scots Gaelic - used 52 times, most recently in 2022
• Irish Gaelic - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Celtic tongue - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Highlands tongue - used 28 times, most recently in 2018
• Celtic - used 21 times, most recently in 2003
• Irish. - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
• Old tongue - used 20 times, most recently in 2007
• Hebrides language - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Irish tongue - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
• European language - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Hebrides tongue - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Highland Gaelic - used 15 times, most recently in 2007
• Gael's language - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Emerald Isle language - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Irish language - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Scottish tongue - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Limerick language - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Celtic dialect - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• European tongue - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Highlander's tongue - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Scot's language - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Ancient Irish language - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Gael's tongue - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Old Gaelic - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Old language - used 10 times, most recently in 1988
• Manx tongue - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Skye writing - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Highland language - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Highlands language - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Manx relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Old World language - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Scot's tongue - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• It's heard in the Highlands - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Language that gave us "plaid" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Back talk - SASS, used 334 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times

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