Nonnegotiable item
The crossword clue "Nonnegotiable item" is answered by MUST, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1996. 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
MUST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MUST answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MUST
Every other clue in this collection answered by MUST, most used first.
- Has to - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Requirement - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Have to - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Necessity - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Is required to - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Need to - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Needs to - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Can't help but - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Essential - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Has no choice - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Absolute requirement - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Essential thing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Is compelled to - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Is obliged to - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Tackle box item - LURE, used 93 times
- To-do list item - TASK, used 65 times
- Budget item - RENT, used 58 times
- Stage item - PROP, used 45 times
- Cafeteria item - TRAY, used 43 times
- Per item - APOP, used 40 times
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