Be contrite
The crossword clue "Be contrite" is answered by REPENT, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REPENT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REPENT answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for REPENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by REPENT, most used first.
- Advice to sinners - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Evangelist's exhortation - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Show contrition - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Advice to a sinner - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Feel contrite - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Feel contrition - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Feel remorse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Mend one's ways - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
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- Contrite - RUEFUL, used 6 times
- Contrite feeling - REGRET, used 6 times
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