Formal ceremony
The crossword clue "Formal ceremony" is answered by RITE, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RITE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RITE answer page.
Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
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.
- Formal agreement - PACT, used 73 times
- Formal dance - BALL, used 32 times
- Stiffly formal - PRIM, used 28 times
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