Deck opening
The crossword clue "Deck opening" is answered by HATCH, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HATCH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HATCH answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HATCHWAY (1 uses in xd)
- SCUPPER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HATCH
Every other clue in this collection answered by HATCH, most used first.
- Come out of one's shell - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Emerge from an egg - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Concoct - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Devise, as a plot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Sub entry - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Concoct, as a plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Concoct, as a plot - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Deck out - ADORN, used 72 times
- Fortune-teller's deck - TAROT, used 58 times
- Opening remarks - INTRO, used 47 times
- Lowest deck - ORLOP, used 41 times
- Seer's deck - TAROT, used 41 times
- Deck out - ARRAY, used 39 times
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