Cut off from escape

The answer

HEMIN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEMIN answer page.

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HEMIN

Every other clue in this collection answered by HEMIN, most used first.

• Surround - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Confine - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Encircle - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Corner - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Restrict - 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.

• Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
• Ward off - AVERT, used 152 times
• It comes from the heart - AORTA, used 108 times
• Cut off - SEVER, used 104 times
• Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
• From the top - AGAIN, used 93 times

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