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Most popular answers for all Shortz Era crosswords

The top 500 words sorted by popularity

Click a word to see all the clues for it. The Count column shows the number of occurrences of that word in the database.

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RankCount   Words
1.513ERA
2.458AREA
3.431ERE
4.424ONE
5.408ELI
6.402ORE
7.385ALE
8.381ERIE
9.379ALI
10.378ATE
11.371ETA
12.361ARE
13.358OLE
14.357ALOE
15.355ERR
16.339IRE
17.337ALA ESS
19.332EDEN
20.331ARIA
21.330ENE
22.322ODE
23.321ACE EAR EEL
26.319ANTE
27.317ASH
28.316SPA
29.315ADO ELSE
31.312ESE
32.307IRA
33.305END
34.301EST NEE
36.298APE
37.284SEE
38.281EAT
39.278AGE IDEA OREO
42.277ANT
43.266ETE
44.264EVE
45.263ANTI EGO
47.262NET TEE
49.258ARI ICE
51.257ISEE TEN
53.255ARENA ASS
55.250ASEA
56.249AHA TAR
58.248SEA
59.247EPEE TEA
61.246EASE
62.245ASIA OLEO ORAL
65.243ART
66.242LEE SET
68.241ELS
69.239ANA ERASE EROS
72.238SHE
73.237TREE
74.236ACRE ONCE
76.235ENS
77.234TNT TSAR
79.233ALEE ESP ODOR
82.232ETNA
83.231NOR
84.230ECHO EON RES
87.229ALAS ETAL
89.227ECO
90.226NEO
91.225STAR YES
93.224ANON OSLO STE
96.223IDOL USE
98.221IDO RIO RTE
101.220ENOS
102.218ISLE
103.217OAR OBOE STY
106.216ENDS
107.215AMI SSE
109.214AIR EPA
111.211ALEC IRON LEI LIE
115.210EDGE ESSO ONO RNA STIR
120.209ONES
121.208ACHE
122.207ADS ALL AMEN EERIE ELAN NRA OAT
129.206AERO ERIN
131.203ADE EDIT ETTE
134.201ANN ANNE ENO EWE INRE TSE
140.200ABE AMA RAN
143.199ABLE ALTO RAT
146.198ACT ADAM IRAN OTTO RED
151.197ALOT ASHE EAST ERAS ITEM OMAR RARE
158.196ETON
159.195ELO LEA REST
162.194ARES ARLO EMU EYE RAE TOE
168.193ARC ASAP LES
171.192ENID ILE NEST ROE TIE
176.191ALAN
177.190ETS LET
179.189DEN ELLA ITO OIL ORR
184.187ERIC NERO
186.186PER
187.184EDS ELL ERS ORO SRO UTE
193.183ATOM IAN
195.182IDLE KNEE
197.181AGO AXE EER ERLE IDA OTIS SAT
204.180ASA ITS RENE
207.179EDNA ELIA ESAU EVA NEA NIL OER OPAL SIR
216.178ETRE
217.177EMIT INN ION
220.176ADA OVER SSTS UTAH
224.175EVER NNE USER
227.174ANY ASP OGRE ONTO OPERA OVA
233.173APSE OMEN URN
236.172ANNA ILL LEO NED OLD
241.171AFAR ANTS AVE ELAL NEAT SRS SST
248.170ABET ARM ETC IRENE ORES SLY STET TRA
256.169ALES ASTA DNA INTO IOTA IRS SRI
263.168ARA ESSE
265.167ALIT ENTER PTA TED
269.166ALSO ARID ASTI ESTE RAH REA
275.165ANEW ARAB AWE ETTA RCA RENO STAT
282.164AGEE AND ELM EPIC OGLE
287.163AAA OMIT SOS UNIT
291.162AVA SAD TAN USA
295.161IRIS NTH
297.160ACNE ALAI ATM AURA NEED
302.159ASST AVER OTT
305.158ECRU EIRE STEP
308.157ERN ERRS EURO ROT SAL TERI
314.156EVIL INCA PEA
317.155ODES STEM
319.154ABA AONE EGAD REO URGE
324.153ATOP IGOR NEON PRO SSS STAN
330.152ELLE EMIR
332.151EDAM OBI SNL
335.150APT BRA EVEN IRATE ONEA OPEN TRI
342.149AJAR AROMA MAR ORCA PAR TIN
348.148ADD GAS SEN SNAP TAO
353.147ALONE ANO EEN ERATO GEE ORA OVAL RENT
361.146ARTS ATARI EKE HER OLIO PSST SPAR
368.145ACES ELK TIS UNO URAL
373.144ABEL ACME ELSA ENT ERGO OMAN OTOE PAL SENT SLO SNO TRE
385.143AOL ATSEA REED TDS
389.142ALP ANI EARL EAU ERTE ETAS NAT STS
397.141ALIEN ARAL ELF INANE LSD OMNI ONA ONUS ORATE OWE RUE SLED SRA TON
411.140ADORE ALT EGOS ERST NOSE TRIO
417.139AKA CIA INS REAR SIS TEL URSA
424.138ACTS AGES ELATE ICON LEER RIOT STA
431.137ADEN LED NESS OPT ULNA YEN
437.136ALOHA ATA ATIT CAR ERAT NEAR OHIO OLA RAP
446.135AGRA ASK ATONE AVON EGG ERNIE SAN SARI SCAR TOT USES
457.134AMES EDIE ERG INA MENU MIA ODD SON STAG TALE
467.133ABS ITE PIE PSI RHO SAG
473.132EMO ESTEE IKE NAP REEL REN RYE TEEN
481.131ARNO ASIS ATLAS CAT DOE LENO LIAR SEC SEMI SERA SSR USED
493.130AGAR ALAMO ASTO EELS ERSE RATE SCI SOL