Nine-to-five grind
The crossword clue "Nine-to-five grind" is answered by RATRACE, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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RATRACE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RATRACE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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 RATRACE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RATRACE, most used first.
- Daily grind - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Grind - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Hectic routine - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Mad scramble - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Groups of nine - ENNEADS, used 24 times
- Nine-sided figure - NONAGON, used 19 times
- Nine-sided shape - NONAGON, used 11 times
- Compound with five carbon atoms - PENTANE, used 7 times
- Five o'clock shadow - STUBBLE, used 7 times
- Groups of five - PENTADS, used 7 times
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