Initial venture
The crossword clue "Initial venture" is answered by FORAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. 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
FORAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FORAY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for FORAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by FORAY, most used first.
- Raid - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
- Quick raid - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Venture - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden attack - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Incursion - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden invasion - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Initial stage - ONSET, used 66 times
- Initial phase - ONSET, used 19 times
- Initial - FIRST, used 10 times
- Venture a thought - OPINE, used 8 times
- Initial comment, for short - INTRO, used 7 times
- Initial assault - ONSET, used 6 times
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