Compel by force
The crossword clue "Compel by force" is answered by COERCE, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COERCE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COERCE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for COERCE
Every other clue in this collection answered by COERCE, most used first.
- Strong-arm - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Force - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Compel - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Do some arm-twisting - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Browbeat - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Pressure - used 6 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.
- Takes by force - WRESTS, used 21 times
- Force - COMPEL, used 19 times
- Twisting force - TORQUE, used 19 times
- Compel - OBLIGE, used 18 times
- Driving force - ENGINE, used 15 times
- Rotational force - TORQUE, used 15 times
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