Used to be
The crossword clue "Used to be" is answered by WERE, a 4-letter entry. Used 162 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 37 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
WERE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WERE answer page.
Used 162 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 37 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.
- TIMEWAS (3 uses in xd)
- EXISTED (2 uses in xd)
- ONCEWAS (2 uses in xd)
- FORMER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WERE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WERE, most used first.
- Existed - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- "The Way We ___" - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- "Wish you __ here" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- "As you ___" - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- "__ Off to See the Wizard" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- "Those ___ the Days" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ #1!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
- "What ___ you thinking?" - used 22 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.
- Used a loom - WOVE, used 70 times
- Used up - GONE, used 53 times
- What you used to be? - THEE, used 36 times
- Used a doorbell - RANG, used 30 times
- Used cars? - RODE, used 24 times
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