Tournament type

The answer

OPEN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPEN answer page.

Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 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.

• PROAM (7 uses in xd)
• ROUNDROBIN (4 uses in xd)
• DDDDD (1 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
• Dentist's directive - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Receptive - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Accepting customers - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Available - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tournament format - used 17 times, most recently in 2017
• Begin. - used 16 times, most recently in 2002
• Not locked - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Accessible - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Aboveboard - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
• Amenable - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Bid first - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Unrestricted - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Unseal - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Admitting customers - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Amenable (to) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Start the business day - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Unguarded - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Exposed - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• ___-faced sandwich - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• In full bloom - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Make the first bet - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Ready to do business - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of tournament - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Dentist's instruction - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• More than ajar - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Not shut - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign in a store window - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Storefront sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Tourney type - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Unobstructed - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Big tournament - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Shop sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Start - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Store window sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Taking customers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Word on a store sign that's flipped daily - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Accessible to everyone - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• __ for business - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Forthright - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• "I'm an ___ book" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Like some relationships - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Make the first bid - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Neon sign word - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Ready to serve - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Receiving customers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Store door sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Unguarded, as a receiver - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Unwrap, as a gift - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Airy - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Begin bidding - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Bet first - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Certain tourney - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Dentist's order - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Diner sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Frank; candid - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Golf tournament. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• ___ mic night - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Outspoken - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Overt - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Willing to listen - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Available for business - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Keep an ___ mind - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ mouth, insert foot" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Not booked - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Not buttoned - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Not yet resolved - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Take the lid off - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Tournament for pros and amateurs - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tourney for all - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Type of golf tournament. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Unclog - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unfold - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Up front - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Warm up the crowd - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Word in a shop window - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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