Foreboding
The crossword clue "Foreboding" is answered by OMINOUS, a 7-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OMINOUS
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OMINOUS answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 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.
- ILLOMEN (2 uses in xd)
- PREMONITION (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for OMINOUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OMINOUS, most used first.
- Threatening - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Menacing - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinister. - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Inauspicious - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Run - OPERATE, used 108 times
- Former - ONETIME, used 106 times
- Electra's brother - ORESTES, used 60 times
- Supervise - OVERSEE, used 57 times
- Burdensome - ONEROUS, used 55 times
- Theoretically - ONPAPER, used 51 times
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