Approach abruptly
The crossword clue "Approach abruptly" is answered by ACCOST, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACCOST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACCOST answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ACCOST
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACCOST, most used first.
- Confront boldly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Buttonhole - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Confront - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Waylay - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Approach aggressively - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Confront aggressively - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Approach - GONEAR, used 18 times
- Means of approach - ACCESS, used 16 times
- Approach - ACCESS, used 8 times
- Means of approach - AVENUE, used 7 times
- Turn abruptly - SWERVE, used 7 times
- Way of approach - AVENUE, used 7 times
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