British county
The crossword clue "British county" is answered by SHIRE, a 5-letter entry. Used 32 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SHIRE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIRE answer page.
Used 32 times across 23 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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.
- Alamogordo's county - OTERO, used 66 times
- British ___ - ISLES, used 61 times
- British guns - STENS, used 50 times
- British nobles - EARLS, used 49 times
- Newark's county - ESSEX, used 41 times
- British coins - PENCE, used 33 times
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