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HUNT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUNT answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SEEK (90 uses in xd)
• SEEKOUT (8 uses in xd)
• LOOK (4 uses in xd)
• TRACE (3 uses in xd)
• FISH (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for HUNT

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

• Search - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Peck's partner - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Pursue - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Easter egg event - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Quest - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Pursuit - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Seek prey - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Stalk - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Track - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Go for game - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Actress Helen - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Event for a foxhound - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Go after game - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
• "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
• Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
• Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
• Look for - SEEK, used 172 times

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