Wield, as force
The crossword clue "Wield, as force" is answered by EXERT, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EXERT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXERT answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EXERT
Every other clue in this collection answered by EXERT, most used first.
- Bring to bear - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Put forth - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Apply, as pressure - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Wield - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
- Put forth, as effort - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Wield, as influence - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- Put forth effort - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Put into action - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
- Apply - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Put to use - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Wield, as power - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Strain - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Use, as influence - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Apply, as force - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Use, as force - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Exercise. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Make an effort - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Apply, as effort - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Put out - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Put forth, as energy - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Put forth, as strength - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Apply, as elbow grease - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Exercise, as influence - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Apply, as influence - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Units of force - DYNES, used 116 times
- With full force - AMAIN, used 58 times
- Take by force - WREST, used 55 times
- Seize by force - USURP, used 46 times
- Take by force - USURP, used 45 times
- Force back - REPEL, used 41 times
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