Narcissistic

The answer

VAIN

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 9 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.

• EGOCENTRIC (1 uses in xd)
• EGOISTIC (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for VAIN

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

• Conceited - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Futile - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
• Full of oneself - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Self-absorbed - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Fruitless - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Puffed up - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Like Narcissus - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Egotistical - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Self-centered - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• "You're So ___" (Carly Simon song) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Stuck-up - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hardly humble - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Peacockish - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Stuck on oneself - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Swerve - VEER, used 186 times
• Competes - VIES, used 143 times
• Cast a ballot - VOTE, used 142 times
• Competed - VIED, used 108 times
• Aloe ___ - VERA, used 103 times
• Bouquet holder - VASE, used 95 times

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