Penitent one
The crossword clue "Penitent one" is answered by RUER, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RUER
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUER answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 6 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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Other clues for RUER
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUER, most used first.
- Regretful one - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Contrite one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Remorseful one - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
- Sorry sort - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- One with regrets - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Sorry soul - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Repentant one - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
- Sorry one - used 11 times, most recently in 1992
- Penitent - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Regretful person - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- One having second thoughts - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- He's sorry now - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Who's sorry now? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Regretful sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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