Accepted standards
The crossword clue "Accepted standards" is answered by NORMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. 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
NORMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NORMS answer page.
Used 18 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. 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 NORMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NORMS, most used first.
- Standards - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
- Benchmarks - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Social standards - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Averages - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Conventions - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Societal standards - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- "Challenge accepted!" - ITSON, used 37 times
- Accepted truth - AXIOM, used 26 times
- Accepted practice - USAGE, used 20 times
- Was accepted - GOTIN, used 12 times
- Accepted fact - GIVEN, used 9 times
- Accepted doctrine - DOGMA, used 8 times
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