Start of many limericks

The answer

THERE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THERE answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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.

• WASANOLDMAN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for THERE

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

• Yonder - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Over yonder - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• In that place - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• "All done!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• "Voilà!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• "Been __, done that" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ta-da!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• "Over ___" - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
• Soothing word - used 19 times, most recently in 2009
• "Done!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• At that place - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• On that spot - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "So ___!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Word said while pointing - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Limerick starter - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Not here - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Pointer's word - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Thither - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
• "Are we ___ yet?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Finished!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "__ you go again!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "Finally done!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• In that respect - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• "It's done!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• "And ___ you have it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't even go __!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• When doubled, comforting words - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Start - ONSET, used 209 times
• Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
• Man of many words - ROGET, used 58 times
• Not so many - FEWER, used 46 times
• Many times - OFTEN, used 44 times
• Start of a Dickens title - ATALE, used 42 times

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