Was
The crossword clue "Was" is answered by EXISTED, a 7-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EXISTED
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXISTED answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 7 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.
- THEREI (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EXISTED
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXISTED, most used first.
- Lived - used 7 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.
- Was humbled - ATEDIRT, used 15 times
- Was of use - AVAILED, used 12 times
- Was behind schedule - RANLATE, used 10 times
- Was a tributary of - FEDINTO, used 9 times
- Was humiliated - ATEDIRT, used 9 times
- Was nosy - SNOOPED, used 9 times
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