Ingrained routine

The answer

HABIT

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HABIT answer page.

Used 15 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HABIT

Every other clue in this collection answered by HABIT, most used first.

• Custom - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Nun's attire - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Wont - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Nun's garb - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Behavior pattern - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Customary practice - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Nun's wear - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Convent attire - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Sister's attire - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Practice - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Sister's outfit - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Something to kick - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Addiction - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Convent wear - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Customary behavior - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Garb - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• It may be kicked - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Nail-biting, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Ingrained activity - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Routine - USUAL, used 15 times
• Routine task - CHORE, used 15 times
• Routine responses? - HAHAS, used 9 times
• Cardio-boxing routine - TAEBO, used 8 times
• Laborious routine - GRIND, used 7 times

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