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DEFY

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SNEER (11 uses in xd)
• SCOFF (2 uses in xd)
• DERIDE (1 uses in xd)
• SCORN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DEFY

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

• Stand up to - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Challenge - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Refuse to obey - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Go against - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Resist boldly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Resist - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Fly in the face of - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Rebel against - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Resist openly - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Thumb one's nose at - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Resist, as authority - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Profound - DEEP, used 297 times
• Sandwich shop - DELI, used 288 times
• Consider - DEEM, used 287 times
• Unit of force - DYNE, used 242 times
• Facts and figures - DATA, used 223 times
• Challenge - DARE, used 216 times

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