Chinese philosopher
The crossword clue "Chinese philosopher" is answered by LAOTSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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LAOTSE
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Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- CONFUCIUS (3 uses in xd)
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