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WROTE

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

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1957. 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.

• ANGLED (1 uses in xd)
• WROTETO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for WROTE

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

• Penned - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Authored - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Composed - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Jotted down - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Inscribed - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Put pen to paper - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Corresponded - used 10 times, most recently in 2004
• "Murder, She ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Composed, as a letter - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Drafted - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Kept in touch, in a way - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Put on paper - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

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• Blood line - AORTA, used 92 times
• Heart line - AORTA, used 72 times
• Line dance - CONGA, used 59 times
• Main line - AORTA, used 42 times
• Bottom line - TOTAL, used 37 times
• Line of cliffs - SCARP, used 36 times

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