Early years
The crossword clue "Early years" is answered by YOUTH, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YOUTH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YOUTH answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 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.
- CHILDHOOD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for YOUTH
Every other clue in this collection answered by YOUTH, most used first.
- Salad days - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
- Adolescence - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- One's early years - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Early computer - ENIAC, used 98 times
- Early anesthetic - ETHER, used 57 times
- Early Mexican - AZTEC, used 48 times
- Early Peruvians - INCAS, used 37 times
- Early stage - ONSET, used 33 times
- Early Peruvian - INCAN, used 28 times
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