Inhibit
The crossword clue "Inhibit" is answered by DETER, a 5-letter entry. Used 51 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DETER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETER answer page.
Used 51 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 12 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.
- CRIMP (7 uses in xd)
- RESTRAIN (3 uses in xd)
- CURB (2 uses in xd)
- STIFLE (2 uses in xd)
- BLOCK (1 uses in xd)
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
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