Defeat
The crossword clue "Defeat" is answered by BEAT, a 4-letter entry. Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BEAT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BEAT answer page.
Used 27 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 13 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.
- LICK (18 uses in xd)
Other clues for BEAT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BEAT, most used first.
- Exhausted - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Tempo - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Tuckered out - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Rhythm - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Defeat - LOSS, used 82 times
- Decisive defeat - ROUT, used 55 times
- Suffer defeat - LOSE, used 49 times
- Defeat - BEST, used 38 times
- Defeat decisively - ROUT, used 38 times
- Defeat soundly - DRUB, used 31 times
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