Microbe
The crossword clue "Microbe" is answered by GERM, a 4-letter entry. Used 76 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
GERM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GERM answer page.
Used 76 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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