Purpose
The crossword clue "Purpose" is answered by POINT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POINT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POINT answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for POINT
Every other clue in this collection answered by POINT, most used first.
- Gist - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Show the way - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
- Aim - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Exact moment - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Pencil part - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Show the way, in a way - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Main idea - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pencil tip - used 8 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.
- Find a new purpose for - REUSE, used 32 times
- Serving a purpose - UTILE, used 31 times
- For a specific purpose - ADHOC, used 27 times
- Lose on purpose - THROW, used 26 times
- Lost on purpose - THREW, used 22 times
- Serve the purpose - AVAIL, used 21 times
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