Maxim
The crossword clue "Maxim" is answered by MOTTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOTTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTTO answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MOTTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOTTO, most used first.
- Words to live by - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Slogan - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Inspirational slogan - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Catchphrase - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- "Be Prepared," e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- "All for one and one for all," e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- "E pluribus unum," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Live free or die," e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- "Live Free or Die," for New Hampshire - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Saying - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "Semper fidelis," for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Words to remember - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- "Be prepared," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Guiding phrase - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Guiding principle - 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.
- Maxim - ADAGE, used 73 times
- Russian novelist Maxim - GORKI, used 10 times
- Wise maxim - ADAGE, used 10 times
- Old maxim - ADAGE, used 9 times
- Maxim - TENET, used 6 times
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