___ motion (begin)
The crossword clue "___ motion (begin)" is answered by SETIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SETIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETIN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SETIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SETIN, most used first.
- Take effect - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Become established - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Take hold - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Become prevalent - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Begin. - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- ___ stone (unchangeable) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Arrive, as darkness - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Become permanent - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Take root - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Begin, as winter - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
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.
- Begin - START, used 142 times
- In motion - ASTIR, used 29 times
- Begin again - RENEW, used 22 times
- Of ocean motion - TIDAL, used 19 times
- Begin a tennis game - SERVE, used 15 times
- Set in motion - START, used 12 times
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