False start?
The crossword clue "False start?" is answered by PSEUD, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PSEUD
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PSEUD answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PSEUD
Every other clue in this collection answered by PSEUD, most used first.
- Prefix meaning "false" - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- False front? - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- False: Prefix - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Pretentious poseur - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Pretentious sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Start - ONSET, used 209 times
- False - NOTSO, used 54 times
- False name - ALIAS, used 48 times
- Prove false - BELIE, used 48 times
- Start of a Dickens title - ATALE, used 42 times
- Start - BEGIN, used 36 times
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