Austere
The crossword clue "Austere" is answered by STARK, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STARK
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STARK answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1996. 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.
Other clues for STARK
Every other clue in this collection answered by STARK, most used first.
- Desolate - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
- Unadorned - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Bare - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Downright - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Like a moonscape - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Like some contrasts - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ raving mad - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Barren - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Bleak - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Unembellished - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Utter - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Austere - STERN, used 27 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.