Initial stages
The crossword clue "Initial stages" is answered by ONSETS, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 10 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 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 10 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
- Commencements - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Geneses - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Assaults - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- First phases - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- Stages - PHASES, used 13 times
- Moon stages - PHASES, used 7 times
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