Kickoff
The crossword clue "Kickoff" is answered by START, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. 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
START
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the START answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1973. 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 START
Every other clue in this collection answered by START, most used first.
- Begin - used 142 times, most recently in 2026
- Kick off - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Get going - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Commence - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Onset - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Beginning - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Maze word - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Square one - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Get the ball rolling - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Jump. - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
- Word on a maze - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Originate - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Turn on - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Get underway - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Set in motion - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Initiate - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Genesis - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Get to work - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Set out - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Get cracking - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Institute - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Set off - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Sudden movement - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Commencement - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Microwave button - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden fright - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Open - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Opening - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Board game square - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Kickoff - ONSET, used 36 times
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