"Why would ___?"
The crossword clue ""Why would ___?"" is answered by ILIE, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ILIE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILIE answer page.
Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ILIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ILIE, most used first.
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- Tennis's Nastase - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- "Would ___?" - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
- Tennis great Nastase - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
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.
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