German industrial city
The crossword clue "German industrial city" is answered by ESSEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 91 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ESSEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ESSEN answer page.
Used 91 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ESSEN
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ESSEN, most used first.
- Ruhr Valley city - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruhr city - used 141 times, most recently in 2024
- German steel city - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- City on the Ruhr - used 78 times, most recently in 2025
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