Series starter
The crossword clue "Series starter" is answered by OPENER, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OPENER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPENER answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 5 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.
- EPISODEI (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for OPENER
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPENER, most used first.
- First game of the season - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitchen gadget - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- First game - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- First act - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Starting bid - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- First game of a series - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- First of a series - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- First game in a series - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Intro - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Kickoff - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitchen device - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Act before the headliner - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Warm-up act - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- First game of a doubleheader - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Game one - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Church key - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Game 1 - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Show's first number - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Carol starter - ADESTE, used 36 times
- Fire starter - TINDER, used 13 times
- Connected series - CATENA, used 12 times
- Play starter - ACTONE, used 10 times
- 1984 World Series champs - TIGERS, used 8 times
- 2002 World Series champs - ANGELS, used 8 times
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