Musical composition

The answer

OPUS

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

Used 55 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 11 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.

• ETUDE (32 uses in xd)
• PIECE (15 uses in xd)
• SONATA (15 uses in xd)
• RONDO (12 uses in xd)
• OCTET (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for OPUS

Every other clue in this collection answered by OPUS, most used first.

• Musical work - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Work - used 81 times, most recently in 2025
• Magnum ___ - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Major work - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Numbered musical work - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of work - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Numbered work - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Composition - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Numbered composition - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Bloom County" penguin - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Creative work - used 22 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.

• Musical finale - CODA, used 109 times
• Musical ending - CODA, used 78 times
• Musical Horne - LENA, used 76 times
• Musical symbol - CLEF, used 73 times
• Musical pause - REST, used 61 times
• Musical group - BAND, used 53 times

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