Clues for the word "TRITE"
We've had 116 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 416 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 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
- Overly familiar
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 18, 2026
- New York Times - July 19, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 16, 2026
- Daily Quick - June 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 15, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 29, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 17, 2026
- LA Times - April 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2026
- 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
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