Shelter
The crossword clue "Shelter" is answered by HAVEN, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. 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
HAVEN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HAVEN answer page.
Used 15 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. 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 HAVEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by HAVEN, most used first.
- Refuge - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Safe place - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Place of refuge - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Sanctuary - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Place of safety - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Safe spot - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Safe space - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Port - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
- Asylum - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Port in a storm - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Safe harbor - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Any port in a storm - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Place of sanctuary - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Place to seek sanctuary - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Leafy shelter - BOWER, used 22 times
- Conical shelter - TEPEE, used 21 times
- Sioux shelter - TEPEE, used 15 times
- Arctic shelter - IGLOO, used 13 times
- Plains shelter - TEPEE, used 12 times
- Give shelter to - HOUSE, used 11 times
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