First phases
The crossword clue "First phases" is answered by ONSETS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ONSETS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ONSETS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ONSETS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ONSETS, most used first.
- Beginnings - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Starts - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Attacks - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Initial stages - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Commencements - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Geneses - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Assaults - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Initiations - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- First-born - ELDEST, used 44 times
- First game of the season - OPENER, used 32 times
- First game - OPENER, used 27 times
- First name in soul - ARETHA, used 26 times
- First name in aviation - AMELIA, used 24 times
- First-rate - TIPTOP, used 23 times
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