Matter-of-fact.
The crossword clue "Matter-of-fact." is answered by LITERAL, a 7-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1987; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LITERAL
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LITERAL answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 1987; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LITERAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by LITERAL, most used first.
- Word-for-word - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Not figurative - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Verbatim - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
- Like some translations - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- True to fact - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Fact book - ALMANAC, used 16 times
- Matter-of-fact - PROSAIC, used 7 times
- Annual fact book - ALMANAC, used 6 times
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