Type of rocket
The crossword clue "Type of rocket" is answered by RETRO, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RETRO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RETRO answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2008; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 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.
- TWOSTAGE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RETRO
Every other clue in this collection answered by RETRO, most used first.
- Back in style - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of rocket - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
- Stylishly quaint - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Back in - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Fashionably nostalgic - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Fashionably dated - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
- So out it's in - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Fashionably old-fashioned - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Back in fashion - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- In again - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Old, but new again - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Vintage - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cool again - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Nostalgic style - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Backward-looking - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Nostalgically trendy - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Back-in-style fashion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Backward: Prefix - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Chic again - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Evoking the past - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- In vogue again - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Old-fashioned - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Stylish again - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Nostalgically fashionable - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Old-school - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Certain rocket engine - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Fashionable once again - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Hip again - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Nostalgic fashion - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- So old it's new again - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Acid type - AMINO, used 134 times
- Type of acid - AMINO, used 60 times
- Committee type - ADHOC, used 50 times
- Car type - SEDAN, used 46 times
- Rocket stage - AGENA, used 46 times
- Navel type - INNIE, used 44 times
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