It's a thought

The answer

IDEA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDEA answer page.

Used 39 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 17 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.

• NOTION (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for IDEA

Every other clue in this collection answered by IDEA, most used first.

• Notion - used 778 times, most recently in 2026
• Concept - used 422 times, most recently in 2026
• Brainstorm - used 311 times, most recently in 2026
• Thought - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
• Inkling - used 160 times, most recently in 2026
• Brainchild - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
• Creative thought - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Creative spark - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• "What's the big ___?" - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Conception - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
• Inspiration - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Mental flash - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• "The very ___!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Bright thought - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "I had no ___!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Think tank product - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Creative notion - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Flash of inspiration - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Sneaking suspicion - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
• Brainstorming result - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Inventor's inspiration - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Light bulb, in comics - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Creative flash - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Think tank nugget - used 28 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• It's a long story - SAGA, used 161 times
• Say it's so - AVER, used 97 times
• "Now it's clear!" - ISEE, used 85 times
• "It's ___ real!" - BEEN, used 66 times
• Thought: Prefix - IDEO, used 59 times
• "It's my turn" - IMUP, used 48 times

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