Used inelegant language
The crossword clue "Used inelegant language" is answered by SWORE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. 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
SWORE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SWORE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SWORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SWORE, most used first.
- Took an oath - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Cussed - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Cursed - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Said "!@#$%" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Vowed - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Talked a blue streak? - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Gave one's word - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Promised - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Pledged - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Testified - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Used four-letter words - 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.
- Used up - SPENT, used 84 times
- African language group - BANTU, used 78 times
- Used a keyboard - TYPED, used 57 times
- Used a broom - SWEPT, used 49 times
- Informal language - SLANG, used 42 times
- Language of Iran - FARSI, used 36 times
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