Religious splinter group
The crossword clue "Religious splinter group" is answered by SECT, a 4-letter entry. Used 31 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SECT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SECT answer page.
Used 31 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 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.
- CULT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SECT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SECT, most used first.
- Splinter group - used 217 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious offshoot - used 147 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious group - used 89 times, most recently in 2024
- Denomination - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious faction - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Breakaway group - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious subgroup - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Small denomination - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
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