Roughly speaking
The crossword clue "Roughly speaking" is answered by ORSO, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ORSO
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORSO answer page.
Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for ORSO
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORSO, most used first.
- Approximately - used 489 times, most recently in 2026
- Roughly - used 259 times, most recently in 2026
- "Ish" - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Thereabouts - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- About - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Words of approximation - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Guesstimate phrase - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Guesstimate words - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Guesser's words - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Approximately (2 wds.) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- "... ___ I'm told" - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- ___ about (roughly) - ONOR, used 120 times
- Handle roughly - MAUL, used 60 times
- Manner of speaking - TONE, used 27 times
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