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TEST

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEST answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TEST

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

• Try out - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
• Exam - used 232 times, most recently in 2026
• Dry run - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Examination - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
• Midterm or final - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Trial run - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Experiment - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Final, for one - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Assay - used 51 times, most recently in 2008
• Trial - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Try - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Midterm, for one - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Criterion - used 33 times, most recently in 2015
• Quiz - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Lab procedure - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Tryout - used 30 times, most recently in 2019
• Trial balloon - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Class struggle? - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Final, e.g. - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Midterm, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Put through the paces - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Audition - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Check out - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Ordeal - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Acid ___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Check - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Sample - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Examine - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Reason to cram - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• School exam - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Give a quiz to - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Reason to study - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Battery component - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Challenge - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of pilot - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Battery part - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Makeup, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Class act? - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Crammer's concern - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Evaluation - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Final or midterm - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Lab work - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Touchstone. - used 11 times, most recently in 2004
• Assessment - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ pilot. - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Student's ordeal - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Analyze - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Bit of lab work - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Critical evaluation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of pattern - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Evaluate - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Measure of skill - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Pop quiz - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Run-through - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Skills evaluation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of tube - used 7 times, most recently in 1986
• Litmus ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Mic check word - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of SAT - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Push to the limit - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Put through a trial - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Screen - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Screen ___ (filmed audition) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Student's hurdle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "This is only a ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Clinical study - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Cram-session cause - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Microphone word - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Pop quiz, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rorschach, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Trial by fire - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Type of tube - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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