Certain exams
The crossword clue "Certain exams" is answered by ORALS, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORALS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORALS answer page.
Used 24 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 7 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.
- MIDYEARS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORALS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORALS, most used first.
- Face-to-face exams - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Some exams - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Spoken exams - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Paperless exams - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Exams - used 22 times, most recently in 1975
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.
- Exams - TESTS, used 118 times
- More certain - SURER, used 46 times
- Exams for future attys. - LSATS, used 45 times
- Certain fisherman - EELER, used 30 times
- Certain Arab - OMANI, used 29 times
- Certain Alaskan - ALEUT, used 22 times
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