Lunar stage
The crossword clue "Lunar stage" is answered by PHASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 6 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 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Developmental stage - used 20 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
- 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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