County.
The crossword clue "County." is answered by SHIRE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1942. 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
SHIRE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHIRE answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1997; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 2 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.
- RAINTREE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHIRE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHIRE, most used first.
- English county - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- British county - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Actress Talia - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Hobbits' home, with "The" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Talia of "Rocky" - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Hobbit's home - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hobbits' home - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Frodo's home, with "the" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- English county - ESSEX, used 75 times
- Alamogordo's county - OTERO, used 66 times
- Irish county - CLARE, used 47 times
- Newark's county - ESSEX, used 41 times
- County near London - ESSEX, used 27 times
- County north of San Francisco - MARIN, used 25 times
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