Baptism, for one

The answer

RITE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RITE answer page.

Used 31 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• INALIENABLERITE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RITE

Every other clue in this collection answered by RITE, most used first.

• Ceremony - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
• Solemn ceremony - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Ceremonial act - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Religious ceremony - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of passage - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Baptism, e.g. - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Liturgy - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Confirmation, e.g. - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Bar mitzvah, e.g. - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Observance - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Formal ceremony - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Solemn act - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Sacred ceremony - used 24 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• One of the Great Lakes - ERIE, used 258 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times

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