Trounce
The crossword clue "Trounce" is answered by DRUB, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRUB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRUB answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1994. 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.
- WHUP (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for DRUB
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRUB, most used first.
- Defeat soundly - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Clobber - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Defeat decisively - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Cudgel - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Defeat handily - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Soundly defeat - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Shellac - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Thrash - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Wallop - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Beat badly - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Beat decisively - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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