Back-country
The crossword clue "Back-country" is answered by RURAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. 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
RURAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RURAL answer page.
Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HINTERLAND (3 uses in xd)
- BOONIESORSTICKS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RURAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by RURAL, most used first.
- Bucolic - used 91 times, most recently in 2024
- Countrified - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Not urban - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- From the country - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Pastoral - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Out in the sticks - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Rustic - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Country - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Of farm life - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of R.F.D. - used 17 times, most recently in 1999
- Of the countryside - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Opposite of urban - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Out in the country - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of RFD - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- In the country - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Beyond the suburbs - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Urban's opposite - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Like Mayberry - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Far from the city - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- From farm country - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- RFD part - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Backwoods - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- In the boonies - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Like farm country - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like the boondocks - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Like the boonies - used 6 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.
- Put back to zero - RESET, used 85 times
- Drive back - REPEL, used 82 times
- Back tooth - MOLAR, used 72 times
- Back biter - MOLAR, used 66 times
- Back of a boat - STERN, used 59 times
- Back in style - RETRO, used 55 times
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