Deadly sin
The crossword clue "Deadly sin" is answered by LUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LUST answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by LUST, most used first.
- A deadly sin - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Craving - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the deadly sins - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Strong desire - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Intense craving - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ for life - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- One of the seven deadly sins - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- The hots - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Intense desire - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Passionate desire - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Concupiscence - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Lascivious desire - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Satyric sin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Strong craving - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- A deadly sin - ENVY, used 59 times
- Jessica of "Sin City" - ALBA, used 59 times
- "It's a Sin to Tell ___" - ALIE, used 46 times
- Deadly septet - SINS, used 34 times
- One of the deadly sins - ENVY, used 29 times
- One of the seven deadly sins - ENVY, used 23 times
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