In the future
The crossword clue "In the future" is answered by HENCE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HENCE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HENCE answer page.
Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HENCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HENCE, most used first.
- Therefore - used 244 times, most recently in 2026
- Ergo - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- From now on - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Thus - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- For this reason - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Consequently - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- From this time - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- As a result - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "It follows that ..." - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- For that reason - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Subsequently - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- From now - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- As a consequence - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- From this moment on - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- So - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
- In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
- Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times
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