Straight, for short
The crossword clue "Straight, for short" is answered by HETERO, a 6-letter entry. Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HETERO
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HETERO answer page.
Used 13 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HETERO
Every other clue in this collection answered by HETERO, most used first.
- Straight - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Prefix meaning "different" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Different: Prefix - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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