Cults
The crossword clue "Cults" is answered by SECTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SECTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SECTS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SECTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SECTS, most used first.
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- Factions - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious offshoots - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious groups - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Denominations - used 40 times, most recently in 2024
- Religious factions - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious subgroups - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Religious divisions - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Religious splinter groups - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Breakaway groups - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Small denominations - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Split-off groups - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Followings. - used 10 times, most recently in 1969
- Groups. - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Offshoot groups - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Divisions - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Doctrinal offshoots - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Shakers and others - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Shakers et al. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Church offshoots - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Denominational offshoots - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Religious branches - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Religious denominations - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Shakers and Quakers - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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