Proper ___
The crossword clue "Proper ___" is answered by NOUN, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOUN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOUN answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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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Other clues for NOUN
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOUN, most used first.
- Person, place or thing - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of speech - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Subject, usually - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- It may be proper - used 18 times, most recently in 2018
- Sentence subject, usually - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Substantive. - used 17 times, most recently in 2003
- Common or proper word - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Any thing - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Gerund, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Person, place, or thing, in grammar - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Certain word - used 9 times, most recently in 1977
- Rock, paper, or scissors - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- What an adjective modifies - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- You name it - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Subject, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Animal, vegetable or mineral - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- It may be common - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- It's not always proper - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Mad Libs request - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Parser's concern - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Pluralizable word - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Sentence subject - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Sentence subject, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Verb go-with - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Word that's an example of itself - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Overly proper - PRIM, used 46 times
- ___ and proper - PRIM, used 44 times
- Proper partner - PRIM, used 43 times
- Proper. - MEET, used 27 times
- Stiffly proper - PRIM, used 20 times
- In a proper manner - DULY, used 12 times
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