Breaking news
The crossword clue "Breaking news" is answered by LATEST, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. 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
LATEST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LATEST answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2003. 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.
- LATEWORD (2 uses in xd)
- DEARJOHNLETTERS (1 uses in xd)
- THELATEST (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LATEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by LATEST, most used first.
- Most recent - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Up-to-the-minute - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Most up-to-date - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Most current - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Current - used 17 times, most recently in 2011
- Most recent news - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Up-to-the-minute news - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Up-to-date - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- News hour - ELEVEN, used 11 times
- Holt of NBC News - LESTER, used 9 times
- Mitchell of NBC News - ANDREA, used 9 times
- __ of bad news - BEARER, used 9 times
- Without breaking a sweat - EASILY, used 9 times
- Break the news to - INFORM, used 8 times
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