Spear
The crossword clue "Spear" is answered by LANCE, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LANCE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LANCE answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1942. 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.
- JAVELIN (2 uses in xd)
- EMPALE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LANCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LANCE, most used first.
- Jousting weapon - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Knight's weapon - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Cavalry weapon - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
- Cyclist Armstrong - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Jouster's weapon - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Joust need - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Knight stick - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Weapon. - used 21 times, most recently in 1971
- Tilter's weapon - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Jousting need - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Knight's spear - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Uhlan's weapon - used 13 times, most recently in 2001
- Joust weapon - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of corporal - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Old weapon - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Renaissance Faire weapon - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Sharp weapon - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Thrusting weapon - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Javelin's kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Tilting weapon - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Camelot weapon - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Jouster's need - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Ren Faire weapon - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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