Some are proper
The crossword clue "Some are proper" is answered by NOUNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 6 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 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NOUNS
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- Parts of speech - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
- "Proper" words - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- Like some committees - ADHOC, used 68 times
- Caught some Z's - SLEPT, used 54 times
- Some messages - EMAIL, used 54 times
- Like some gases - INERT, used 48 times
- Some exams - ORALS, used 44 times
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