Memorial news item

The answer

OBIT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OBIT answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OBIT

Every other clue in this collection answered by OBIT, most used first.

• Final notice - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Newspaper notice - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
• Passing notice - used 37 times, most recently in 2022
• Last write-up - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Last writes? - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• News item - used 26 times, most recently in 2004
• "In memoriam" bio - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Last words? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• R.I.P. notice - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
• Final bio - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Life story - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Newspaper item - used 16 times, most recently in 2003
• Posthumous bio - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Life lines? - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Departure notice? - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Death notice - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "In memoriam" item - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Parting words? - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Death notice, for short - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Final words? - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Memorial bio - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Passing mention? - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• "In memoriam" piece - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Newspaper notice, for short - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Postmortem bio - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Notice in passing? - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• A few last words - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Brief notice in passing - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Last bio - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Memorial column - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Notice of departure? - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Sad news item - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Somber bio - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Story of a lifetime? - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Death notice, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Funeral info - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Item of finality in the paper - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Passing words? - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sad notice - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

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• News bit - ITEM, used 55 times
• Bit of news - ITEM, used 52 times

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