"Proper" words
The crossword clue ""Proper" words" is answered by NOUNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. 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
NOUNS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOUNS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NOUNS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOUNS, most used first.
- Parts of speech - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
- Some are proper - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- English subjects? - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Sentence subjects - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- People, places and things - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Subjects, usually - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Substantives. - used 8 times, most recently in 1975
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.
- Words to live by - CREDO, used 84 times
- Clarifying words - IMEAN, used 70 times
- At ___ for words - ALOSS, used 63 times
- Man of many words - ROGET, used 58 times
- Words to live by - MOTTO, used 55 times
- "In other words . . ." - IMEAN, used 47 times
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