Brain cell
The crossword clue "Brain cell" is answered by NEURON, a 6-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NEURON
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NEURON answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 12 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.
- GLIA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for NEURON
Every other clue in this collection answered by NEURON, most used first.
- Nerve cell - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Impulse transmitter - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Impulse-conducting cell - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Impulse carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Impulse relayer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Reproductive cell - GAMETE, used 43 times
- Cell centers - NUCLEI, used 34 times
- Brain protectors - CRANIA, used 11 times
- Brain cases - CRANIA, used 10 times
- Brain, slangily - NOODLE, used 10 times
- Immature egg cell - OOCYTE, used 9 times
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