Means of enlightenment
The crossword clue "Means of enlightenment" is answered by ZEN, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1994. 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
ZEN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ZEN answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ZEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ZEN, most used first.
- Buddhist sect - used 166 times, most recently in 2026
- Branch of Buddhism - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- School of Buddhism - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Buddhism branch - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Buddhist discipline - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Meditative sect - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ Buddhism - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Meditative discipline - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ garden - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Path to enlightenment - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
- Buddhist school - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of Buddhism - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Meditative practice - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Meditative school - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Eastern discipline - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
- Form of Buddhism - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Mahayana movement - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Spiritual path - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Buddhist branch - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Chinese discipline - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Meditation method - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Satori-seeking sect - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Buddhism school - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Introspective sect - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of Buddhist - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Meditation system - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Meditative movement - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Type of Buddhism - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- By means of - VIA, used 95 times
- "By all means!" - YES, used 53 times
- By means of - PER, used 40 times
- It means nothing - NIL, used 24 times
- "This means ___!" - WAR, used 22 times
- By what means - HOW, used 20 times
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