Grand Canyon formation

The answer

MESA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MESA answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 1 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.

• BUTTE (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for MESA

Every other clue in this collection answered by MESA, most used first.

• Arizona city - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
• Tableland - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Flat-topped hill - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Small plateau - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• City near Phoenix - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Verde National Park - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Butte's kin - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Big butte - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Flat-topped elevation - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Flat-topped landform - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Plateau - used 31 times, most recently in 2015
• Phoenix suburb - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Butte relative - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Monument Valley sight - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Flat formation - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Flat-topped formation - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Phoenix neighbor - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Arizona sight - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
• City east of Phoenix - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Flat tableland - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Colorado's ___ Verde National Park - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Butte's cousin - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Southwestern sight - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Western plateau - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Badlands formation - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Badlands sight - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• City in Arizona - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
• Flat land - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Flat-topped rise - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Monument Valley feature - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Natural table - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Western hill - used 11 times, most recently in 1980
• City near Scottsdale - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• High plateau - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Southwest sight - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Arizona flattop - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Cartouche - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• Costa ___, California - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Southwestern land formation - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Southwestern tableland - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Western sight - used 9 times, most recently in 2002
• Badlands feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• City east of Tempe - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Costa ___, Calif. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Large flat-topped hill - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Mini-plateau - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Plateau's kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Southwestern plateau - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Western tableland - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Clifflike, flat-topped elevation - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Desert sight - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Flat-topped Southwestern hill - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Large butte - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Painted Desert feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Southwestern flattop - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Suburb of Phoenix - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Table land - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Tempe neighbor - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Western elevation - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Desert tableland - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Geological flattop - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Painted Desert sight - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Rise in the west - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Spanish for "table" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Steep-sided plateau - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
• Grand Ole ___ - OPRY, used 149 times
• Grand tale - EPIC, used 112 times
• Coral formation - REEF, used 107 times
• Grand - THOU, used 91 times
• Canyon comeback - ECHO, used 63 times

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