Dentist's directive
The crossword clue "Dentist's directive" is answered by OPEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 25 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OPEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPEN answer page.
Used 25 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. 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.
- FLOSS (19 uses in xd)
- OPENWIDE (7 uses in xd)
- WIDER (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for OPEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPEN, most used first.
- Ready for business - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
- Unlock - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Candid - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- Frank - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready for customers - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Store sign - used 71 times, most recently in 2024
- Start the bidding - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
- Unwrap - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Doing business - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Dentist's request - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Unlocked - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ sesame!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Not closed - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Ajar - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- Receptive - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Accepting customers - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Recipe directive - STIR, used 31 times
- Culinary directive - STIR, used 25 times
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