Beginning
The crossword clue "Beginning" is answered by ONSET, a 5-letter entry. Used 596 times across 77 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 51 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ONSET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONSET answer page.
Used 596 times across 77 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 51 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- OUTSET (79 uses in xd)
- DAWN (23 uses in xd)
- SEED (19 uses in xd)
Other clues for ONSET
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ONSET, most used first.
- Commencement - used 109 times, most recently in 2025
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