Prefix meaning "five"
The crossword clue "Prefix meaning "five"" is answered by PENTA, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PENTA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PENTA answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PENTA
Every other clue in this collection answered by PENTA, most used first.
- Five: Comb. form - used 15 times, most recently in 1996
- Five: Prefix - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Half of deca- - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Numerical prefix - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Takes five - RESTS, used 121 times
- Bone: Prefix - OSTEO, used 90 times
- Meaning - SENSE, used 56 times
- Low-budget prefix - ECONO, used 46 times
- Prefix meaning "sun" - HELIO, used 46 times
- Prefix for violet - ULTRA, used 43 times
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