Lock opener
The crossword clue "Lock opener" is answered by KEY, a 3-letter entry. Used 72 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
KEY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEY answer page.
Used 72 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for KEY
Every other clue in this collection answered by KEY, most used first.
- Crucial - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
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