Thug
The crossword clue "Thug" is answered by HOOD, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOOD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOOD answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for HOOD
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOOD, most used first.
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- Head covering - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
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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.
- Thug - GOON, used 76 times
- Hired thug - GOON, used 30 times
- Hockey thug - GOON, used 6 times
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