Render helpless
The crossword clue "Render helpless" is answered by HOGTIE, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOGTIE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOGTIE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HOGTIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOGTIE, most used first.
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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.
- Render harmless - DISARM, used 23 times
- Render capable - ENABLE, used 16 times
- Render harmless - DEFUSE, used 8 times
- Render impotent - NEUTER, used 6 times
- Render ineffective - NEGATE, used 6 times
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