Prevents
The crossword clue "Prevents" is answered by AVERTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1945. 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
AVERTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVERTS answer page.
Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1945. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- FORESTALLS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for AVERTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVERTS, most used first.
- Wards off - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Turns away - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Heads off - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
- Staves off - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Turns aside - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Keeps from happening - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Forestalls - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Deflects - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fends off - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Dodges - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Prevents, legally - ESTOPS, used 12 times
- Prevents - DETERS, used 10 times
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