Toughen, as to hardship
The crossword clue "Toughen, as to hardship" is answered by INURE, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
INURE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INURE answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for INURE
Every other clue in this collection answered by INURE, most used first.
- Accustom - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Habituate - used 111 times, most recently in 2025
- Harden - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Toughen - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Accustom (to) - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Get used (to) - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Become accustomed (to) - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Accustom to hardship - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Harden (to) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Make accustomed (to) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Take effect - used 13 times, most recently in 2000
- Toughen up - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Grow accustomed (to) - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Acclimate - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Make accustomed - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Make used (to) - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Become used (to) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Condition - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Habituate (to) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Become accustomed - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Season - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Temper - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Hardship - RIGOR, used 39 times
- Toughen - ENURE, used 27 times
- Accustom to hardship (Var.) - ENURE, used 19 times
- Extreme hardship - RIGOR, used 15 times
- Hardship - TRIAL, used 12 times
- Handles hardship - COPES, used 11 times
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