Purposive
The crossword clue "Purposive" is answered by TELIC, a 5-letter entry. Used 26 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TELIC
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TELIC answer page.
Used 26 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 1995; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 1 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.
- TENDENT (1 uses in xd)
- USEFUL (1 uses in xd)
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