Verbal
The crossword clue "Verbal" is answered by ORAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 102 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 12 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 102 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 12 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.
- PAROL (2 uses in xd)
- SPOKEN (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
- Exam format - used 107 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some vaccines - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
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- Killer whale - ORCA, used 553 times
- Approximately - ORSO, used 489 times
- Hodgepodge - OLIO, used 469 times
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