Hopeless
The crossword clue "Hopeless" is answered by NOUSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOUSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOUSE answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NOUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOUSE, most used first.
- Pointless - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Futile - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "Don't even bother" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Hopeless case - GONER, used 61 times
- Hopeless, as a situation - NOWIN, used 9 times
- Hopeless - BLEAK, used 8 times
- Like a hopeless situation - NOWIN, used 8 times
- Hopeless - NOWIN, used 7 times
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