Clues for the word "TRITE"
We've had 115 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 402 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on January 24, 2026.
Definition of trite
- a. - Worn out; common; used until so common as to have lost novelty and interest; hackneyed; stale; as, a trite remark; a trite subject.
Referring Clues
- Old as Methuselah, in a way
- Commonplace
- Played out
- Stale
- Not fresh
- Said too often
- Not novel
- Hackneyed
- Humdrum
- Formulaic
- Old hat
- Overly common
- Shopworn
- Stating the obvious
- Used too much
- Beaten to death
- Clichéd
- Unoriginal
- Like a sunset at the end of a movie
- Tired
- Overused
- Much-heard
- Cornball
- Done to death
- Like "Have a nice day!"
- Far from fresh
- Overused, as a phrase
- Like many a cliché
- Corny
- Overdone
- Banal
- Uninspired
- Warmed-over
- Not at all original
- Moth-eaten
- Overused, as expressions
- Heard too often
- Cliché-ridden
- Played-out
- Contemptibly familiar
- Unoriginal and dull
- Like a worn-out maxim
- Like overused crossword clues
- Heard too much
- Lacking freshness
- Overused, as a saying
- Trivial
- Like an old cliche
- Much-used
- Part of a TV feed
- Like "Have a nice day," for example
- Like have a nice day, for example
- Hardly fresh
- Repentant
- Too-often repeated
- Unimaginative
- Ordinary
- Hackneyed or unimaginative
- Repeated too often
- Hardly original
- Far from original
- Worn out by overuse
- Well-worn
- All too familiar
- Lacking in freshness
- Much-seen-before
- No longer original
- Like a cliche
- Like the invitation line "Be there or be square"
- Mundane
- Not real fresh
- Like cliches
- Overfamiliar through overuse
- After time, ceremony becomes commonplace
- Commonplace letter to write, it's said
- A rhyme? Quite - but it's hackneyed
- Cliche
- The rhyme's right, but it's banal
- Cliched
- Cliche-ridden
- Lacking spontaneity
- What "fresh as a daisy" is, ironically
- Unoriginal end to infant's baptism?
- Observance after time lacking originality
- Stale, joke-wise
- Worn-out
- Over-heard
- Like the expressions "a dime a dozen" and "a penny for your thoughts"
- Platitudinous
- Like a stale joke
- Lacking originality
- Lacking in originality
- Starting to transform ceremony that's overused
- A Britten piece in a hackneyed arrangement
- Far from innovative
- Original as a 48-Down? No
- Overly used, as expressions
- Much too familiar
- Much repeated Middle Eastern ceremony
- Done to extremes
- Timeworn
- Like cornball humor
- Hackneyed; unoriginal
- No longer fresh
- Not remotely fresh
- After finishing first, a ceremony is commonplace
- Opposite of original
- Overworked
- Like a remark of little importance
- Overused, as an expression
- Like overly rehearsed comments, probably
- Like the saying "You win some, you lose some"
- Like stale expressions
- Like an overfamiliar phrase
- Banal, or a three-part hint for the answers to the starred clues
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - January 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2025
- New York Times - November 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 25, 2025
- Daily American - November 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 29, 2025
- New York Times - September 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 25, 2025
- Daily American - April 10, 2025
- LA Times - March 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 05, 2024
- Mirror Mini - December 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 02, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 20, 2024
- And in 372 more crossword puzzles...