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DARE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DARE answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DARE

Every other clue in this collection answered by DARE, most used first.

• Challenge - used 216 times, most recently in 2026
• Be bold - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the nerve - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a chance - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a risk - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Truth alternative - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Venture - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Truth or ___ - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Bell the cat - used 30 times, most recently in 2015
• Have the courage - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "I double-dog ___ you!" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Virginia ___. - used 20 times, most recently in 1981
• Have the gumption - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Throw down the gauntlet - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Show boldness - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Take a bold chance - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Brave - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Alternative to truth - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the guts - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "How __ you!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Act boldly - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Bet you can't," e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Defy - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Truth's counterpart - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Be bold enough - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Be courageous - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Show courage - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Take the plunge - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• "You wouldn't __!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Take risks - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Be brave - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Go for it - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Have the moxie - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Risk - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Show gumption - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Throw caution to the wind - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Draw a line in the sand, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Have the audacity - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Have the chutzpah - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Show some spunk - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ to be different" - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• Issue - EMIT, used 69 times
• Challenge - DEFY, used 41 times
• Issue forth - EMIT, used 25 times
• Up to the challenge - ABLE, used 21 times
• Hot issue? - LAVA, used 18 times
• Lab rat's challenge - MAZE, used 17 times

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