Hockey fake-out
The crossword clue "Hockey fake-out" is answered by DEKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEKE answer page.
Used 17 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEKE, most used first.
- Astronaut Slayton - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
- Hockey feint - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Apollo astronaut Slayton - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Feint on the ice - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Hockey ploy - used 7 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.
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- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
- Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
- Dole (out) - METE, used 206 times
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