Like an arm in a sling
The crossword clue "Like an arm in a sling" is answered by BENT, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
BENT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BENT answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BENT, most used first.
- Crooked - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Inclination - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of shape - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Not straight - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Flexed - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Propensity - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Proclivity - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Twisted - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Bowed - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Needing straightening - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Tendency - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Penchant - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Curved - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Twisted out of shape - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Misshapen - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Natural talent - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of alignment - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Predilection - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Deflected - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Set (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Stooped - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Warped - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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