"It must have been something ___"
The crossword clue ""It must have been something ___"" is answered by IATE, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
IATE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IATE answer page.
Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for IATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by IATE, most used first.
- "Must've been something ___" - used 33 times, most recently in 2017
- "I can't believe ___ the whole thing!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- "... can't believe ___ the whole thing!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
- "... ___ the whole thing!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "...believe ___ the whole thing!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Must be something ___" - 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.
- Have to have - NEED, used 230 times
- Must have - NEED, used 172 times
- Have on - WEAR, used 134 times
- Have the nerve - DARE, used 88 times
- Certain something - AURA, used 65 times
- Have the lead - STAR, used 59 times
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