Rapier

The answer

EPEE

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

Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 7 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.

• FOIL (2 uses in xd)
• SWORD (1 uses in xd)
• WIT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for EPEE

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

• Fencing sword - used 419 times, most recently in 2026
• Duel tool - used 177 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencing weapon - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencing blade - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Blunted blade - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Dueling sword - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Olympic sword - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Foil alternative - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencer's weapon - used 61 times, most recently in 2024
• Blunted sword - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Sword - used 52 times, most recently in 1999
• Sporting sword - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencer's blade - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Foil's kin - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencing tool - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Foil's cousin - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Sporting blade - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Dueling weapon - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Olympic weapon - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Olympic blade - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Olympics weapon - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencer's sword - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Blunt sword - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Fencing foil - used 23 times, most recently in 2013
• Fencing piece - used 22 times, most recently in 2014
• Olympian's sword - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Olympic fencing sword - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "En garde" weapon - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Foil relative - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• One-on-one sport - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Blunted weapon - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Fencer's foil - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
• Olympian's blade - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Pentathlon event - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Modern pentathlon event - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Olympics blade - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Fencing gear - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Summer Olympics event - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Sword with a guarded tip - used 16 times, most recently in 2018
• Olympian's weapon - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Olympics sword - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Sword type - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Blunt blade - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Foil - used 14 times, most recently in 2001
• Pentathlon need - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
• Rapier's cousin - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Saber alternative - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Tool for a duel - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Weapon with a bell-shaped guard - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Dueling blade - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Olympic fencing event - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Pointless weapon - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Sport sword - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Summer Games event - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Fleuret - used 12 times, most recently in 1997
• Heaviest fencing sword - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Inventor of a sign language - used 12 times, most recently in 1991
• Sport with masks - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Three-sided sword - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Blunt-tipped sword - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Sort of sword - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Dueler's choice - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• Fencing choice - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Fencing option - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Foil cousin - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Olympics event - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Pentathlon sword - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Sporting weapon - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Certain sword - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Foil kin - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Foil's relative - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Olympic event - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Pentathlon blade - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Thrusting weapon - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Weapon with a bell guard - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Alternative to a saber - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Fencing rapier - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Largest fencing sword - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Pentathlon weapon - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Sword with a French name - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Swordplay weapon - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Duel sword - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Edgeless sword - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Fencing event - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Fencing implement - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Fencing item - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• French for "sword" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Rapier with a three-sided blade - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Rapier's relative - used 7 times, most recently in 1990
• Relative of a foil - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Saber relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Sword variety - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Cousin of a foil - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Fencer's choice - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Fencing category - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Olympic event with swords - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Olympic sport - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Pentathlete's sword - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Rapier with a guarded tip - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Saber cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Saber's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Saber's kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sword with a bell-shaped guard - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Sword with a blunted tip - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sword with no cutting edge - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Three-sided blade - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Type of sword - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Otherwise - ELSE, used 1,353 times
• Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• Therefore - ERGO, used 684 times
• Gaelic - ERSE, used 679 times
• Raison d'___ - ETRE, used 658 times

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