Swordfight

The answer

DUEL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DUEL answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DUEL

Every other clue in this collection answered by DUEL, most used first.

• Sword fight - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Face-off - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Affair of honor - used 16 times, most recently in 2013
• One-on-one battle - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Hamilton" climax - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Affaire d'honneur - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Fencing contest - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sword fight, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Contest - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Cross swords - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• One-on-one fight - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Burr-Hamilton event - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• "Hamilton" event - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• One-on-one combat - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• One-on-one contest - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamilton-Burr event - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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• Sandwich shop - DELI, used 288 times
• Consider - DEEM, used 287 times
• Unit of force - DYNE, used 242 times
• Facts and figures - DATA, used 223 times
• Challenge - DARE, used 216 times

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