Something dropped
The crossword clue "Something dropped" is answered by HINT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HINT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HINT answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 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.
Other clues for HINT
Every other clue in this collection answered by HINT, most used first.
- Clue - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Suggestion - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Inkling - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Intimation - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Helpful clue - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Helpful suggestion - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Help for the stumped - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Intimate - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Trace - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Help for the puzzled - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Insinuate - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Pointer - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "Getting warmer," e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Subtle suggestion - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Tip - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of help - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Nudge - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Cue - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Helpful tip - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Slight amount - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Help for a stumped solver - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Helpful information - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Indirect suggestion - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Small clue - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Suggest - 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.
- Certain something - AURA, used 65 times
- Does something - ACTS, used 55 times
- "Must've been something ___" - IATE, used 33 times
- "You're something ___!" - ELSE, used 32 times
- Something to scratch - ITCH, used 29 times
- Dropped in the mail - SENT, used 28 times
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