Heart
The crossword clue "Heart" is answered by GIST, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
GIST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GIST answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
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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
- Central point - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Heart - CORE, used 95 times
- "___ Breaky Heart" - ACHY, used 48 times
- "Where the heart is" - HOME, used 37 times
- Heart of the matter - CRUX, used 31 times
- "My Heart Will Go On" singer - DION, used 29 times
- Heart - CRUX, used 24 times
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