Boot

The answer

EXPEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EXPEL answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 5 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.

• DAS (48 uses in xd)
• OUST (41 uses in xd)
• EVICT (11 uses in xd)
• EJECT (10 uses in xd)
• HEAVEHO (4 uses in xd)

Other clues for EXPEL

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

• Kick out - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Oust - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Kick out of school - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Throw out - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Boot out - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Force out - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Drive out - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Toss out of school - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Banish - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Toss out - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Eject - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• More than suspend - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Send packing - 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.

• Boot out - EVICT, used 28 times
• Europe's "boot" - ITALY, used 27 times
• Boot bottoms - SOLES, used 25 times
• Boot-shaped country - ITALY, used 22 times
• Boot out - EJECT, used 20 times
• Angler's boot - WADER, used 14 times

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