E or G, e.g.

The answer

NOTE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOTE answer page.

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 10 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.

• KEY (15 uses in xd)
• LETTER (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for NOTE

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

• Memo - used 114 times, most recently in 2025
• Observe - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Short letter - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Memorandum - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
• Jot down - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief letter - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Short message - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Written reminder - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Staff symbol - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Musical symbol - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Staff member? - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Eminence. - used 24 times, most recently in 2013
• Make mention of - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Quick message - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Short memo - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ to self ..." - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Do, re or mi - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Brief message - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Distinction. - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Pay attention to - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief memo - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a chord - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Name That Tune" clue - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Post-it - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Importance. - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Score unit - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Message passed in class - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Do, for example - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Piece of music - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Post-it message - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Mark down - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Remark. - used 8 times, most recently in 1986
• Symbol on a staff - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Thank-you item - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Bit of marginalia - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Middle C, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Point out - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Score symbol - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Semiquaver, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Take heed of - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bill - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Do, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It's passed in class - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Little letter - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Message on a Post-it - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Observe carefully - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Quickie correspondence - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Reminder - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

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.

• ___-do-well - NEER, used 511 times
• Zilch - NADA, used 352 times
• Require - NEED, used 321 times
• Tidy - NEAT, used 316 times
• Close by - NEAR, used 299 times
• ___ contendere - NOLO, used 293 times

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