Crossword Clue: Country sharing Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic
Here's the answer to the Country sharing Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: HAITI
"Country sharing Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic" points to HAITI, a 5-letter entry that starts with H and finishes on I and carries 3 vowels. Because every square it occupies also belongs to a down or across answer crossing it, you can often back into HAITI from the letters around it rather than the clue alone.
Origin & meaning
Haiti occupies the western third of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. In 1804 it became the first nation to be founded by formerly enslaved people.
Common usage
Compact, vowel-friendly answers such as HAITI are a constructor's staple: they slot into a 5-square space and play nicely in both directions. Solvers who recognize it on sight save real time on the daily puzzle.
Crossword trivia
Haiti belongs to the small vocabulary of words that appear constantly in grids. Because it's only 5 letters, editors can drop it almost anywhere, which is why regular solvers know it on sight.
Stuck on this clue?
Stuck on "Country sharing Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic"? Don't force it — solve the clues crossing this slot instead. One or two intersecting letters usually make HAITI obvious. Working from the crossings is the single most useful habit for getting faster.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue HAITI — sometimes with a straight dictionary definition, sometimes with wordplay, a pun, or a fill-in-the-blank — but the answer itself stays the same. Learning to spot the answer behind the disguise is a core crossword skill.
Example sentences
- "A 5-letter slot and a clue like 'Country sharing Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic'? That's HAITI nine times out of ten."
- "I second-guessed it, but the crossing answers confirmed HAITI was right."
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing HAITI into the grid took no time at all."