Lively dance
The crossword clue "Lively dance" is answered by REEL, a 4-letter entry. Used 77 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
REEL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REEL answer page.
Used 77 times across 43 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 15 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.
- BOLERO (10 uses in xd)
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Every other clue in this collection answered by REEL, most used first.
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