Something learned the hard way, often Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Something learned the hard way, often featured in New York Times puzzle on December 11, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is LIFELESSON.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% LIFELESSON Something learned the hard way, often (10) New York Times Dec 11, 2025
7% ROTE Dull way to learn (4) Universal Nov 10, 2025
7% ALOOF Hard to get to, in a way (5) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
6% STYLE Way of doing something (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Dec 2, 2025
6% CONNOISSEURS Experts, often on something expensive (12) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 23, 2025
6% SPORT Something that often ends in -ball (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 14, 2025
6% ENCODE Make hard to read, in a way (6) New York Times Nov 13, 2025
6% PINATA Something often hit without you seeing it (6) New York Times Nov 8, 2025
6% LITMUSTEST Effective way to prove something (6,4) (10) The Guardian Quick Nov 5, 2025
6% WISH Something often done upon a star (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 31, 2025

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