First word of "Jabberwocky"

The answer

TWAS

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

Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TWAS

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

• "___ the night before Christmas ..." - used 151 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the night before ..." - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ brillig . . . " - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "Jabberwocky" opener - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• "Jabberwocky" starter - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic contraction. - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Christmas poem opener - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener - used 23 times, most recently in 2019

Related clues

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• Golden Rule word - UNTO, used 299 times
• First-rate - AONE, used 274 times
• Division word - INTO, used 273 times
• First place - EDEN, used 215 times
• Word-of-mouth - ORAL, used 184 times
• Choice word - ELSE, used 147 times

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