Something to build on?

The answer

SPEC

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPEC answer page.

Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 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.

• SITE (28 uses in xd)
• LOT (9 uses in xd)
• ACRE (6 uses in xd)
• PLOT (3 uses in xd)
• BASE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPEC

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPEC, most used first.

• Blueprint detail - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Design detail - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Detail, briefly - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Blueprint detail, for short - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• On ___ (without a contract) - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
• Design detail, for short - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Blueprint detail, briefly - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Job detail, briefly - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Detail, for short - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Design detail, briefly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Risky business, for short - used 19 times, most recently in 2020
• Blueprint number - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Architect's detail - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• On ___ (as a gamble) - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Job detail, for short - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Risky business - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• A freelancer may work on it - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Particular, for short - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Blueprint detail, in short - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• On ___ (without commitment) - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Done on ___ (without contract) - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Plan detail - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Blueprint figure - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Design deet - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Engineering detail - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Project detail - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Builder's sample - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Guesswork, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Job detail - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• On ___ (how many freelancers work) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• On __ (without guarantee) - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Work detail - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• A writer may work on it - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• An article may be written on it - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Architectural detail - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Risky biz - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Schematic detail, briefly - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Some writers work on it - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Blueprint bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Blueprint deet - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Blueprint item - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Builder's detail, briefly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Work detail, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Certain something - AURA, used 65 times
• Does something - ACTS, used 55 times
• "Must've been something ___" - IATE, used 33 times
• "You're something ___!" - ELSE, used 32 times
• Something to scratch - ITCH, used 29 times
• Something to build on - SITE, used 28 times

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