Santa's reindeer, e.g.
The crossword clue "Santa's reindeer, e.g." is answered by OCTAD, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OCTAD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OCTAD answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OCTAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by OCTAD, most used first.
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- Eightsome - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Set of eight - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Series of eight - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- The planets, e.g. - used 6 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.
- Santa's helpers - ELVES, used 52 times
- One of Santa's reindeer - COMET, used 51 times
- Like Santa's helpers - ELFIN, used 25 times
- Santa's reindeer, e.g. - OCTET, used 24 times
- Santa's little helpers - ELVES, used 20 times
- One of Santa's reindeer - VIXEN, used 17 times
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