Plain as day
The crossword clue "Plain as day" is answered by OVERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OVERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OVERT answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EASYTOSEE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OVERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by OVERT, most used first.
- Out in the open - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
- Manifest - used 57 times, most recently in 2022
- Plain to see - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Public - used 48 times, most recently in 2023
- For all to see - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Blatant - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Not hidden - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Undisguised - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- In plain sight - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Unconcealed - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Open - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Conspicuous - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- In the open - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- In plain view - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Open to view - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Apparent - used 20 times, most recently in 2020
- Not concealed - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Obvious - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- In-your-face - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Hardly hidden - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Readily apparent - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Difficult to miss - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- In broad daylight - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Hard to miss - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Patent - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Unhidden - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Hardly secret - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- In full view - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Not subtle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Observable. - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
- Plain - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Impossible to miss - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Aboveboard - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- D-Day beach - OMAHA, used 95 times
- Greet the day - ARISE, used 74 times
- ___ Hawkins Day - SADIE, used 67 times
- Grassy plain - LLANO, used 61 times
- Earth Day month - APRIL, used 49 times
- Plain silly - INANE, used 47 times
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