Ding

The answer

DENT

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 6 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.

• DONG (13 uses in xd)
• MAR (4 uses in xd)
• ALING (3 uses in xd)
• MINIINDENTATION (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for DENT

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

• Fender flaw - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Fender bender - used 53 times, most recently in 2024
• Fender-bender result - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Car scar - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Fender blemish - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of progress - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Depression - used 37 times, most recently in 2022
• Fender ding - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Bad impression? - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Impression - used 25 times, most recently in 2021
• Job for a body shop - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Car ding - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Fender mishap - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Fender damage - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Minor fender damage - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Hollow - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
• Result of a fender bender - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Bumper blemish - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bit of hail damage - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Car blemish - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Make an impression - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Auto ding - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Body shop challenge - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Bumper boo-boo - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Collision consequence - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Fender-bender consequence - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Fender bender memento - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Soup can flaw - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Dimple - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Sign of impact - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Can imperfection - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Fender bend - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Headway - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
• It may be hammered out - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Nick's cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Slight progress - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Tin can flaw - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Bumper ding - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fender find - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Lasting impression - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Nick - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Notch. - used 7 times, most recently in 1972
• Parking lot souvenir - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Car damage - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Car door ding - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fender bender reminder - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Food-can damage - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Make a bad impression on - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Make an impression on - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Noticeable reduction - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• "___ Lama Ding Dong" - RAMA, used 34 times
• "___ Lama Ding Dong" (1961 hit) - RAMA, used 14 times
• Ding- -- - DONG, used 13 times
• Ding-a-___ - LING, used 11 times
• Wing-ding - BASH, used 8 times
• Ding-a-ling - BOOB, used 6 times

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