Substantives.
The crossword clue "Substantives." is answered by NOUNS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1975; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 1 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 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1975; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 1 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
- "Proper" words - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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