First-year athlete
The crossword clue "First-year athlete" is answered by ROOKIE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ROOKIE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ROOKIE answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ROOKIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ROOKIE, most used first.
- Novice - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- First-year player - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- League newbie - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
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