Most common English word
The crossword clue "Most common English word" is answered by THE, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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
- Common title starter - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Commonest 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.
- Common verb - ARE, used 198 times
- Society page word - NEE, used 182 times
- "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
- Itinerary word - VIA, used 119 times
- Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
- Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
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