"What happened next was ..."

The answer

THEN

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. 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.

• ANDTHEN (2 uses in xd)
• SOTHEN (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for THEN

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

• At that time - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Subsequently - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• In that case - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Not now - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• After that - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Now's partner - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Next - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Consequently - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Afterward - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• In those days - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Now and __; occasionally - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• At that point - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Every now and ___ - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "What happened next?" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Afterwards - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "And ___ what happened?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "And ___ there were none" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Accordingly. - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Back in the day - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "If that's the case ..." - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Now and ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Besides - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Later - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Soon afterward - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• "That was ___ ..." - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• And so - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "That was ___, this is now" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ again ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• As a consequence - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• In the past - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Next in order. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Transitional word - used 6 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.

• "What ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 224 times
• "So what ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 221 times
• "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
• "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
• "Look what I did!" - TADA, used 103 times
• "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times

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