Place of pilgrimage
The crossword clue "Place of pilgrimage" is answered by MECCA, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1953. 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
MECCA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MECCA answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1953. 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.
- THEHOLYLAND (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MECCA
Every other clue in this collection answered by MECCA, most used first.
- Hajj destination - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Pilgrimage site - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Muhammad's birthplace - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Holy city of Islam - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Muslim holy city - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Holy city - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Hajji's destination - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Pilgrim's destination - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Tourist magnet - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Birthplace of Muhammad - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Pilgrimage destination - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Muslim pilgrim's destination - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Birthplace of Mohammed - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Tourist draw - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Much-visited place - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Mohammed's birthplace - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Spiritual center of Islam - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Kaaba setting - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Center of activity - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Tourist attraction - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Place - STEAD, used 187 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Hiding place - CACHE, used 63 times
- In first place - ONTOP, used 60 times
- Pago Pago's place - SAMOA, used 58 times
- Play place - STAGE, used 51 times
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