Must, so to speak
The crossword clue "Must, so to speak" is answered by GOTTA, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
GOTTA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOTTA answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GOTTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by GOTTA, most used first.
- Must, informally - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Must, slangily - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ go!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Spike Lee's "She's ___ Have It" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "___ run!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Something's -- Give" - used 6 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.
- Must - HASTO, used 200 times
- Speak - UTTER, used 80 times
- Must-haves - NEEDS, used 63 times
- Must have - NEEDS, used 56 times
- Speak one's mind - OPINE, used 54 times
- Speak pompously - ORATE, used 40 times
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