Try to prevent
The crossword clue "Try to prevent" is answered by DETER, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DETER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETER answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Frighten off - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
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.
- Prevent - AVERT, used 86 times
- Prevent legally - ESTOP, used 42 times
- Take ___ at (try) - ASTAB, used 42 times
- Try to pick up - HITON, used 26 times
- Try - TASTE, used 23 times
- Try - ESSAY, used 21 times
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