Pretext
The crossword clue "Pretext" is answered by GUISE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GUISE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GUISE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GUISE
Every other clue in this collection answered by GUISE, most used first.
- False front - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Pretense - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Semblance - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- False appearance - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Appearance - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Assumed appearance - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Outward appearance - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Deceptive appearance - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- External appearance - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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