Starting point
The crossword clue "Starting point" is answered by ORIGIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORIGIN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORIGIN answer page.
Used 32 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 14 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.
- STEPONE (7 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORIGIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORIGIN, most used first.
- Source - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
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- Fine point - DETAIL, used 25 times
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