Coup d'___ (military takeover of a government)

The answer

ETAT

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ETAT

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

• Coup d'___ - used 594 times, most recently in 2026
• French state - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
• State: Fr. - used 67 times, most recently in 2019
• "L'___ c'est moi" - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Coup target - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• State of France - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
• South Dakota, to Pierre - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Division politique - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• French political unit - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Pierre's state - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• "L'___ c'est moi": Louis XIV - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• State, in France - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• French political division - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Homme d'___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Chirac's state - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
• Division d'une nation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Nouveau-Mexique, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Virginie, for example - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Californie, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Nouveau-Mexique, par exemple - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• State in French - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Virginie, par exemple - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Californie, par exemple - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Virginie, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Washington in Paris, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Conseil d'___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Floride, par exemple - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Target of a coup - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• Bridge coup - SLAM, used 132 times
• Military group - UNIT, used 117 times
• Campus military org. - ROTC, used 100 times
• Military force - ARMY, used 74 times
• Military meal - MESS, used 49 times
• Military cap - KEPI, used 44 times

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