Central point
The crossword clue "Central point" is answered by GIST, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GIST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GIST answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for GIST
Every other clue in this collection answered by GIST, most used first.
- Essence - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Main point - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Heart of the matter - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Main idea - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Basic idea - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- General idea - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- General meaning - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Crux - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Heart - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Central idea - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Kernel - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Nub - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Essential point - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Meat - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Point - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Basic point - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Essential part - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Nitty-gritty - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Pith - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Essential meaning - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Crux of the matter - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- High point - ACME, used 277 times
- Highest point - ACME, used 145 times
- At any point - EVER, used 139 times
- High point - APEX, used 123 times
- Highest point - APEX, used 90 times
- Central points - FOCI, used 88 times
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