Begins
The crossword clue "Begins" is answered by OPENS, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. 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
OPENS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPENS answer page.
Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OPENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OPENS, most used first.
- Unlocks - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Starts the bidding - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Unwraps - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Some tournaments - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Some tourneys - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Uncorks - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Unseals - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Unfolds - used 16 times, most recently in 2012
- Some golf tournaments - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Begins the bidding - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Starts - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Commences - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Warms up the crowd - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Admits customers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Begins admitting customers - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Bids first - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Hits theaters - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Makes the first bid - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Starts business - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Bets first - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bids one club, say - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Blooms - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Plays first in cards - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Starts the show - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Certain tournaments - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Initiates - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Kicks off - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Leads the bidding - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Makes the first bet - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Unclogs - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- "Golf Begins at Forty" author - SNEAD, used 14 times
- Begins to wake - STIRS, used 11 times
- "The Lord is my shepherd" begins one - PSALM, used 9 times
- Begins the betting - ANTES, used 7 times
- Begins to awaken - STIRS, used 6 times
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