Kind of badge
The crossword clue "Kind of badge" is answered by MERIT, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MERIT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MERIT answer page.
Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 6 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.
- DDDDD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MERIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by MERIT, most used first.
- Deserve - used 159 times, most recently in 2026
- Be worthy of - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Earn - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Reason for a raise - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Worth - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Excellence - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- Kind of wave - TIDAL, used 74 times
- Kind of energy - SOLAR, used 67 times
- Kind of boom - SONIC, used 65 times
- Kind of drum - SNARE, used 64 times
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