Formal ceremonies
The crossword clue "Formal ceremonies" is answered by RITES, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RITES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RITES answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RITES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RITES, most used first.
- Ceremonies - used 98 times, most recently in 2025
- Solemn ceremonies - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious ceremonies - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Ceremonial acts - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Sacred ceremonies - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Liturgies. - used 10 times, most recently in 1999
- Observances. - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Ceremonial practices - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bar mitzvah and baptism - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Church doings - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Formalities - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Baptism and others - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Devotional ceremonies - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Marriage and others - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Solemn acts - used 6 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.
- Formal decree - EDICT, used 24 times
- Formal agreements - PACTS, used 21 times
- Formal pronouncements - DICTA, used 15 times
- Formal decrees - DICTA, used 14 times
- Formal mall - ALLEE, used 14 times
- Formal dances - BALLS, used 13 times
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