Developmental stage
The crossword clue "Developmental stage" is answered by PHASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PHASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PHASE answer page.
Used 20 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 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.
- LATENCY (1 uses in xd)
- PUBERTY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PHASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PHASE, most used first.
- Stage - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
- Aspect - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Stage of development - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Terrible twos, e.g. - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- New moon, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Moon stage - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Full moon, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Stage of a plan - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Facet - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Period - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Terrible twos, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Full moon, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Lunar stage - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of a process - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Project segment - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Temporary stage - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Temporary state - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Crescent moon, for instance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Stage direction - ENTER, used 165 times
- Stage whisper - ASIDE, used 129 times
- Initial stage - ONSET, used 66 times
- Insect stage - IMAGO, used 63 times
- Insect stage - LARVA, used 56 times
- Beginning stage - ONSET, used 55 times
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