Least original
The crossword clue "Least original" is answered by STALEST, a 7-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STALEST
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STALEST answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for STALEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by STALEST, most used first.
- Least fresh - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Most hackneyed - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Most trite - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- The least bit - ONEIOTA, used 17 times
- Least taxing - EASIEST, used 14 times
- Least relaxed - TENSEST, used 13 times
- Least distant - CLOSEST, used 12 times
- Least remote - NEAREST, used 12 times
- Least difficult - EASIEST, used 11 times
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