Naval forces
The crossword clue "Naval forces" is answered by FLEETS, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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FLEETS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FLEETS answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FLEETS
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- Armadas - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Join forces - TEAMUP, used 36 times
- Naval petty officer - YEOMAN, used 26 times
- Military forces - ARMIES, used 21 times
- Naval fleet - ARMADA, used 19 times
- Fighting forces - ARMIES, used 16 times
- Joins forces - UNITES, used 16 times
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