Frighten off
The crossword clue "Frighten off" is answered by DETER, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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DETER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETER answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DETER
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETER, most used first.
- Discourage - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
- Dissuade - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
- Hinder - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
- Inhibit - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Prevent - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Ward off - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Scare off - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Hamper - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Put off - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Restrain - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Block - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Try to prevent - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Talk out of - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Hold back - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Check - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Put a damper on - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Stave off - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Discourage from acting - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Impede - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hold off - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Try to stop - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Discourage from proceeding - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Get in the way of - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Restrain through intimidation - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Turn aside - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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