Start of a rumor

The answer

IHEAR

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IHEAR answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 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.

• IHEARD (2 uses in xd)
• SOMESAY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IHEAR

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

• "Rumor has it ..." - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• "Do ___ a Waltz?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
• "Word on the street is ..." - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "People are saying ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Word is ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ a Symphony" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Rumor starter - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• The Supremes' "__ a Symphony" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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• Start - ONSET, used 209 times
• Start of a Dickens title - ATALE, used 42 times
• Start - BEGIN, used 36 times
• Start of Caesar's boast - ICAME, used 35 times
• Start of a toast - HERES, used 31 times
• Start of a counting rhyme - EENIE, used 26 times

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