Was compelled
The crossword clue "Was compelled" is answered by HADTO, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1964. 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
HADTO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HADTO answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HADTO
Every other clue in this collection answered by HADTO, most used first.
- "It ___ Be You" - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Couldn't help but - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Couldn't not - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Couldn't help it - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Was forced - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Couldn't say no - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "You __ be there" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Was sore - ACHED, used 53 times
- Was concerned - CARED, used 47 times
- Was out - SLEPT, used 37 times
- Was under the weather - AILED, used 31 times
- Was bold - DARED, used 30 times
- Was furious - RAGED, used 27 times
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