Crossword Clue: Series' last episode
Here's the answer to the Series' last episode crossword clue, with an explanation and where it has appeared.
Definition & answer: FINALE
The answer to "Series' last episode" is FINALE. Finale runs 6 letters — 3 vowels and 3 consonants — opening with F and closing on E. In a grid it fills a 6-square slot whose letters are each shared with a crossing word, so the intersections do a lot of the heavy lifting when the clue itself is tough.
Origin & meaning
A finale is the concluding episode of a television series or season. The 'Seinfeld' finale in 1998 was watched by more than 76 million viewers.
Common usage
You'll see FINALE in grids regularly — its 6-letter, 3 vowels shape is exactly what setters need to bridge trickier entries. When one intersecting letter is already in place, especially the F or E, FINALE tends to fall fast.
Crossword trivia
Short answers like FINALE are the connective tissue of a crossword. You'll meet FINALE again and again, and recognizing it instantly is one of the quiet skills that separates fast solvers from slow ones.
Stuck on this clue?
The fastest way past a stubborn clue like this one is the grid itself: pencil in the easy crossing answers first, and FINALE will often be the only word that fits the letters you already have.
This clue in different puzzles
Setters vary how they clue FINALE — 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
- "I had the crossing letters, so writing FINALE into the grid took no time at all."
- "Finale is the kind of answer that clicks the moment you spot one letter."
- "Seeing 'Series' last episode' in the clue list, an experienced solver pencils in FINALE almost immediately."