Much-used article
The crossword clue "Much-used article" is answered by THE, a 3-letter entry. Used 23 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 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 23 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 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
- Common title starter - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- 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.
- Used to be - WAS, used 392 times
- French article - LES, used 333 times
- German article - DER, used 316 times
- "Much ___ About Nothing" - ADO, used 307 times
- French article - UNE, used 283 times
- German article - EIN, used 225 times
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