Futile
The crossword clue "Futile" is answered by NOUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NOUSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOUSE answer page.
Used 24 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 12 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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- NOWIN (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOUSE, most used first.
- Pointless - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
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