Formal
The crossword clue "Formal" is answered by PROM, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PROM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PROM answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 3 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.
- BLACKTIE (3 uses in xd)
- STARCHY (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for PROM
Every other clue in this collection answered by PROM, most used first.
- High school dance - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Senior moment? - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- School event - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- School dance - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Gym ball - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Limo destination - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Year-end school dance - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Event for seniors - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Gym event - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Teen's big date - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Dance for seniors - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Dance with a queen - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- High-school event - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- High school gala - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- High school highlight - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Senior dance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Senior event - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Spring formal - 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.
- Formal agreement - PACT, used 73 times
- Formal dance - BALL, used 32 times
- Formal ceremony - RITE, used 28 times
- Stiffly formal - PRIM, used 28 times
- Overly formal - PRIM, used 20 times
- Formal introduction? - SEMI, used 19 times
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