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FACET

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FACET answer page.

Used 12 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 9 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.

• TEAM (12 uses in xd)
• FLANK (7 uses in xd)
• LATERAL (4 uses in xd)
• PHASE (3 uses in xd)
• ASPECT (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for FACET

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

• Aspect - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Gem surface - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
• Diamond side - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Diamond surface - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Side of a diamond - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Gemstone surface - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Gem side - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Diamond feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Phase - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Side of a gem - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Gem feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Related on the mother's side - ENATE, used 66 times
• "West Side Story" role - ANITA, used 52 times
• "West Side Story" song - MARIA, used 51 times
• "West Side Story" heroine - MARIA, used 33 times
• To one side - APART, used 32 times
• Leans to one side - TILTS, used 31 times

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