Contest
The crossword clue "Contest" is answered by BOUT, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. 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
BOUT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOUT answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BOUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOUT, most used first.
- Boxing match - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring event - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Match - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Ring match - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Ring engagement - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Spell - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Boxing event - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Prizefight - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sock exchange - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Wrestling match - 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.
- Speed contest - RACE, used 58 times
- Greek contest - AGON, used 30 times
- Contest - RACE, used 22 times
- Poetry contest - SLAM, used 21 times
- Contest of speed - RACE, used 19 times
- Ancient Greek contest - AGON, used 16 times
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