Exam format
The crossword clue "Exam format" is answered by ORAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 107 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ORAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORAL answer page.
Used 107 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- MULTIPLECHOICE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORAL
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ORAL, most used first.
- Spoken - used 725 times, most recently in 2026
- Word-of-mouth - used 184 times, most recently in 2026
- Taken by mouth - used 129 times, most recently in 2026
- Face-to-face exam - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some vaccines - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Verbal - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Exam - TEST, used 232 times
- Aspiring atty.'s exam - LSAT, used 107 times
- Future atty.'s exam - LSAT, used 95 times
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