Tries to prevent
The crossword clue "Tries to prevent" is answered by DETERS, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DETERS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETERS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DETERS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETERS, most used first.
- Discourages - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Dissuades - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Hinders - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Hampers - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Scares off - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Checks - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Prevents - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Puts off - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Tries a bite of - TASTES, used 13 times
- Tries to pick up - HITSON, used 10 times
- Tries - HASAGO, used 9 times
- Tries. - ESSAYS, used 9 times
- Tries - TASTES, used 8 times
- Tries to bite - NIPSAT, used 7 times
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