Heart contraction
The crossword clue "Heart contraction" is answered by SYSTOLE, a 7-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SYSTOLE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SYSTOLE answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SYSTOLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SYSTOLE, most used first.
- Part of a heartbeat - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Heart and soul - ESSENCE, used 13 times
- Heart-related - CARDIAC, used 11 times
- Heart - ESSENCE, used 10 times
- "The flower of my heart" - ADELINE, used 9 times
- From the heart - EARNEST, used 8 times
- Heart part - AURICLE, used 8 times
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