Thwart
The crossword clue "Thwart" is answered by AVERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AVERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVERT answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for AVERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVERT, most used first.
- Ward off - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn away - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevent - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn aside - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Keep from happening - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Stave off - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Head off - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
- Fend off - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Forestall - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Sidestep - used 23 times, most recently in 2023
- Deflect - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn away, as one's eyes - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevent from happening - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Dodge - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Manage to avoid - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Prevent, as disaster - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Turn aside, as a gaze - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Turn away, as one's gaze - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevent, as a disaster - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Prevent, as danger - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Dodge successfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Duck - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- "___ your eyes!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Circumvent - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Head off, as disaster - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Prevent, as a crisis - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
- Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
- Nimble - AGILE, used 322 times
- Battery terminal - ANODE, used 319 times
- Book of maps - ATLAS, used 317 times
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