Unstressed vowel sounds
The crossword clue "Unstressed vowel sounds" is answered by SCHWAS, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCHWAS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCHWAS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCHWAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCHWAS, most used first.
- Unstressed vowels - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Sounds - NOISES, used 41 times
- Stable sounds - NEIGHS, used 18 times
- Derisive sounds - SNORTS, used 17 times
- Ambulance sounds - SIRENS, used 11 times
- Canyon sounds - ECHOES, used 11 times
- Annoying sounds - NOISES, used 9 times
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