Brusque

The answer

TERSE

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

Used 40 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 15 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.

• CURT (47 uses in xd)
• ABRUPT (12 uses in xd)
• RUDE (10 uses in xd)
• GRUFF (4 uses in xd)
• SHORT (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for TERSE

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

• To the point - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
• Succinct - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Concise - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
• Pithy - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
• Laconic - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• Not wordy - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Clipped - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Curt - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Short and sweet - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Short and to the point - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Hardly wordy - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Of few words - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Short - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Short-winded - used 22 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Lock of hair - TRESS, used 334 times
• Spud - TATER, used 314 times
• Lukewarm - TEPID, used 252 times
• Doctrine - TENET, used 234 times
• Rich cake - TORTE, used 234 times
• Characteristic - TRAIT, used 226 times

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