Be contingent
The crossword clue "Be contingent" is answered by HINGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1970. 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
HINGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HINGE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HINGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HINGE, most used first.
- Depend (on) - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Door part - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Door hardware - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Door attachment - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Depend - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Turning point - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Door joint - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Door holder - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Pivot - used 10 times, most recently in 2000
- Pivotal point - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Door piece - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Gate squeaker - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Swinging joint? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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