Form a thought
The crossword clue "Form a thought" is answered by IDEATE, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
IDEATE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IDEATE answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; 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 IDEATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by IDEATE, most used first.
- Conceive - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
- Imagine - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Brainstorm - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Think - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Think up - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Conceptualize - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Think creatively - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Dream up - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Be imaginative - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Engage in brainstorming - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Form notions - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- "___ the thought!" - PERISH, used 21 times
- Thought the world of - ADORED, used 15 times
- Pill form - CAPLET, used 13 times
- Thought - OPINED, used 11 times
- Form a queue - LINEUP, used 10 times
- Star: Comb. form - ASTERO, used 9 times
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