"Revenge of the ___"

The answer

NERDS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NERDS answer page.

Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• SITH (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for NERDS

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

• Dweebs - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Geeks - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Uncool group - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Social misfits - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Geeky types - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• The out crowd - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Squares - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Unhip types - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Bookish bunch - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Geeky guys - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Jocks' antitheses - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Revenge of the ___" (1984 comedy) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Geeky students - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times
• Of the kidneys - RENAL, used 166 times

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