Self-referential
The crossword clue "Self-referential" is answered by META, a 4-letter entry. Used 98 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
META
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the META answer page.
Used 98 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Self-satisfied - SMUG, used 193 times
- Self-images - EGOS, used 102 times
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