Flu cause
The crossword clue "Flu cause" is answered by VIRUS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
VIRUS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VIRUS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for VIRUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by VIRUS, most used first.
- Computer "infection" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Computer invader - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Computer malady - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Computer woe - 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.
- Lost cause - GONER, used 45 times
- Cause to chuckle - AMUSE, used 43 times
- Flu symptom - FEVER, used 31 times
- Flu symptoms - ACHES, used 31 times
- "___ Without a Cause" - REBEL, used 24 times
- Flu variety - ASIAN, used 21 times
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