Ordinary language
The crossword clue "Ordinary language" is answered by PROSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
PROSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PROSE answer page.
Used 24 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PROSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PROSE, most used first.
- Plain writing - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Ordinary writing - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetry's counterpart - used 21 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.
- African language group - BANTU, used 78 times
- Ordinary - USUAL, used 49 times
- Informal language - SLANG, used 42 times
- Language of Iran - FARSI, used 36 times
- African language - BANTU, used 33 times
- Caesar's language - LATIN, used 29 times
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