Toughen up
The crossword clue "Toughen up" is answered by INURE, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
INURE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INURE answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 8 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.
- GROWASPINE (2 uses in xd)
- BEAMAN (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Toughen, as to hardship - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- 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.
- Toughen - ENURE, used 27 times
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