Common contraction
The crossword clue "Common contraction" is answered by HED, a 3-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025. 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
HED
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HED answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HED
Every other clue in this collection answered by HED, most used first.
- "If only ___ listened ..." - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ give you the shirt off his back!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Pronominal contraction - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
- "I Guess ___ Rather Be in Colorado" (John Denver song) - 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.
- Common verb - ARE, used 198 times
- Anthem contraction - OER, used 156 times
- Poetic contraction - OER, used 143 times
- Poetic contraction - TIS, used 122 times
- Poetic contraction - EER, used 113 times
- Common article - THE, used 99 times
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