Present purpose
The crossword clue "Present purpose" is answered by NONCE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NONCE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NONCE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NONCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NONCE, most used first.
- Time being - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Present occasion - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Present - used 21 times, most recently in 2019
- For the ___ (temporarily) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- The time being - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Present moment - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Present time - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- For the ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Immediate occasion - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Occasion at hand - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Past, present or future - TENSE, used 41 times
- Past or present - TENSE, used 38 times
- Find a new purpose for - REUSE, used 32 times
- Serving a purpose - UTILE, used 31 times
- For a specific purpose - ADHOC, used 27 times
- Lose on purpose - THROW, used 26 times
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