Common title starter
The crossword clue "Common title starter" is answered by THE, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
THE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THE answer page.
Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for THE
Every other clue in this collection answered by THE, most used first.
- Article. - used 121 times, most recently in 1997
- Common article - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Definite article - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Not just any - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Everyday article - used 62 times, most recently in 2025
- Not just "a" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Fill in __ blank - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- English article - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Common title word - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Much-used article - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Commonest English word - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Most common English word - used 21 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.
- Knight's title - SIR, used 324 times
- Turkish title - AGA, used 235 times
- Common verb - ARE, used 198 times
- Monk's title - FRA, used 168 times
- Hindu title - SRI, used 112 times
- Khan title - AGA, used 94 times
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