Subtlety
The crossword clue "Subtlety" is answered by NUANCE, a 6-letter entry. Used 56 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
NUANCE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUANCE answer page.
Used 56 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FINESSE (4 uses in xd)
- NICETY (1 uses in xd)
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