Not wordy
The crossword clue "Not wordy" is answered by TERSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 43 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TERSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TERSE answer page.
Used 43 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 9 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.
- BRIEF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TERSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TERSE, most used first.
- 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
- 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
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.
- Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
- Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
- Not together - APART, used 116 times
- Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
- Not live - TAPED, used 52 times
- Not in the dark - AWARE, used 51 times
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