Prepared for battle
The crossword clue "Prepared for battle" is answered by ARMED, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. 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
ARMED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARMED answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- COMBATREADY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ARMED
Every other clue in this collection answered by ARMED, most used first.
- Ready for battle - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Packing heat - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Carrying a gun - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
- Packing - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Ready for war - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ forces - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Fortified - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
- Carrying a weapon - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Dangerous partner? - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Gun-toting - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
- Ready for action - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
- Ready to fight - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ to the teeth - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
- Equipped - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- ___ and dangerous - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Battle-ready - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Equipped for battle - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Packing a piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Pistol-packing - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Combat-ready - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Packing, so to speak - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prepared. - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Dangerous companion - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Holding one's piece? - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Ready to rumble - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Turned on, as an alarm - used 6 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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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