Play part

The answer

SCENE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCENE answer page.

Used 114 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 12 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.

• ACT (135 uses in xd)
• ROLE (35 uses in xd)
• ACTI (25 uses in xd)
• ACTII (10 uses in xd)
• ACTTWO (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for SCENE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SCENE, most used first.

• Part of an act - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a play - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Public outburst - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Act part - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Public to-do - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Vista - used 30 times, most recently in 2014
• Public spat - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Spectacle - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Embarrassing display - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Setting - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Public commotion - used 22 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.

• Flower part - SEPAL, used 182 times
• Stair part - RISER, used 117 times
• Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
• Battery part - ANODE, used 104 times
• Helicopter part - ROTOR, used 81 times
• Flower part - PETAL, used 80 times

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