Of few words
The crossword clue "Of few words" is answered by TERSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 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 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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.
- LACONIC (3 uses in xd)
- TACITURN (1 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
- Brusque - used 40 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
- 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.
- Words to live by - CREDO, used 84 times
- Clarifying words - IMEAN, used 70 times
- At ___ for words - ALOSS, used 63 times
- Man of many words - ROGET, used 58 times
- Words to live by - MOTTO, used 55 times
- Chosen few - ELITE, used 51 times
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