Out in the sticks
The crossword clue "Out in the sticks" is answered by RURAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
RURAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RURAL answer page.
Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 14 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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- PODUNK (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
- Rustic - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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- Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
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