Fighting words
The crossword clue "Fighting words" is answered by ITSWAR, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ITSWAR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ITSWAR answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 6 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.
- LETSSTEPOUTSIDE (3 uses in xd)
- WARCRY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ITSWAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by ITSWAR, most used first.
- "Them's fightin' words!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Battle cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Threatening words - ORELSE, used 62 times
- Ultimatum words - ORELSE, used 50 times
- "Fighting" Big Ten team - ILLINI, used 30 times
- Threat words - ORELSE, used 27 times
- Put into words - STATED, used 26 times
- Words of warning - ORELSE, used 23 times
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