Muscle
The crossword clue "Muscle" is answered by BRAWN, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BRAWN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BRAWN answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for BRAWN
Every other clue in this collection answered by BRAWN, most used first.
- Muscular strength - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Strength - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Might - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscles - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Muscle twitch - SPASM, used 45 times
- Muscle contraction - SPASM, used 28 times
- Muscle - SINEW, used 22 times
- Muscle-bone connector - SINEW, used 19 times
- Muscle protein - ACTIN, used 19 times
- Muscle woe - CRAMP, used 16 times
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