Hostile
The crossword clue "Hostile" is answered by ENEMY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1952. 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
ENEMY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENEMY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ENEMY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ENEMY, most used first.
- Foe - used 258 times, most recently in 2026
- Adversary - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
- Antagonist - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Nemesis - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Other side - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Hostile force - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- The other side - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Rival - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Opponent - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposition - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- "Them" - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Opposing force - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Hostile party - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Ibsen's "An ___ of the People" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Arch rival - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- The Joker, to Batman - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad guys - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Bad guy - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Kind of territory - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Opposite side - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Them, with "the" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Archrival - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ill-wisher - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Kind of aircraft - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Warfare opponent - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Hostile one - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Lex Luthor, to Superman - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Military adversary - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Public ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- "Sleeping With the ___" (Julia Roberts thriller) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- The other guys - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Hostile look - GLARE, used 8 times
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