Taken by mouth
The crossword clue "Taken by mouth" is answered by ORAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 129 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 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 129 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Face-to-face exam - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Exam format - used 107 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Toward the mouth - ORAD, used 117 times
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