Purpose
The crossword clue "Purpose" is answered by INTENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 52 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
INTENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INTENT answer page.
Used 52 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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- Aim - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
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- Ultimate purpose - ENDALL, used 23 times
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