Hostile force
The crossword clue "Hostile force" is answered by FOE, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FOE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOE answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FOE
Every other clue in this collection answered by FOE, most used first.
- Enemy - used 212 times, most recently in 2026
- Adversary - used 163 times, most recently in 2026
- Opponent - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Nemesis - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Antagonist - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Rival - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- "Friend or ___?" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Friend's opposite - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- No friend - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Other side - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Ill-wisher - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- One on the other side - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- One of "them" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Goliath, to David - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Opposition - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Sworn enemy - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Challenger - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Moriarty, to Holmes - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Thanos, to the Avengers - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- The other side - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Grant, to Lee - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Burr, to Hamilton - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Friend's counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Giant, to Jack - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Napoleon, to Wellington - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Opposition member - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- "___ the Force, Luke" - USE, used 35 times
- Feminine force - YIN, used 30 times
- Force member - COP, used 19 times
- Air Force ___ - ONE, used 16 times
- Life force - CHI, used 15 times
- Driving force - EGO, used 14 times
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