Bit of history
The crossword clue "Bit of history" is answered by EVENT, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EVENT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVENT answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 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.
Other clues for EVENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EVENT, most used first.
- Happening - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
- Occurrence - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Calendar entry - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- News item - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Major happening - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Occasion - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Incident - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
- Outcome. - used 21 times, most recently in 1988
- Important happening - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- "Wheel of Fortune" category - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- It may be blessed - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- It happens - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Consequence. - used 15 times, most recently in 1975
- Big happening - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Blessed ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Big occasion - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Word with main or blessed - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Meet segment - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- News subject - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- What's happening - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Affair - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Javelin, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Social gathering - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Caterer's job - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Decathlon part - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Media attraction - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Part of a meet - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Special occasion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Track meet component - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Big social gathering - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Calendar listing - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Caterer's gig - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Circumstance. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Decathlon component - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Episode - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Meet component - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Momentous occasion - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Main __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Track meet part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Burn a bit - SINGE, used 80 times
- Bit of gossip - RUMOR, used 56 times
- Bit of parsley - SPRIG, used 56 times
- Champing at the bit - EAGER, used 48 times
- Bit of tomfoolery - ANTIC, used 35 times
- Bit of high jinks - ANTIC, used 34 times
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