Caught wind of
The crossword clue "Caught wind of" is answered by HEARD, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HEARD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEARD answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 9 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.
- SMELLED (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for HEARD
Every other clue in this collection answered by HEARD, most used first.
- Got wind of - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Listened to - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Learned - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Picked up - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Found out - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- "I ___ It Through the Grapevine" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Listened - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Got the word - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Got the message - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Scarlett of "Gone With the Wind" - OHARA, used 55 times
- Caught some Z's - SLEPT, used 54 times
- "Gone With the Wind" surname - OHARA, used 37 times
- Gets wind of - HEARS, used 32 times
- Caught congers - EELED, used 29 times
- Wind: Prefix - ANEMO, used 26 times
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