Brawl
The crossword clue "Brawl" is answered by FRAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FRAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FRAY answer page.
Used 19 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FRAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by FRAY, most used first.
- Skirmish - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Unravel - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Scuffle - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Ravel - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Start to unravel - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Wear at the edges - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Battle - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Become ragged at the edges - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Come apart at the seams - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Melee - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Donnybrook - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Unravel at the edges - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Become threadbare - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Begin to unravel - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Become worn - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Brawl - RIOT, used 10 times
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