Come to the point?

The answer

TAPER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAPER answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1933. It appears in 8 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.

• NARROW (3 uses in xd)
• GOINTOONESDANCE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TAPER

Every other clue in this collection answered by TAPER, most used first.

• Become narrower - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Come to a point - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Candle - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• Slender candle - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Get to the point? - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Narrow candle - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Diminish gradually - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Get narrower - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gradually narrow - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Narrow - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Grow narrower - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Thin candle - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Narrow gradually - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Acuminate - used 7 times, most recently in 1992

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Come up - ARISE, used 246 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• "Come in!" - ENTER, used 188 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times

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