Dead, as an engine
The crossword clue "Dead, as an engine" is answered by KAPUT, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
KAPUT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KAPUT answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for KAPUT
Every other clue in this collection answered by KAPUT, most used first.
- Done for - used 35 times, most recently in 2022
- On the fritz - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Beyond repair - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Completely inoperative - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- No longer working - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Out of order - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Ruined - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Shot - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Dead duck - GONER, used 97 times
- Engine - MOTOR, used 64 times
- Engine booster - TURBO, used 28 times
- Dead to the world - INERT, used 24 times
- "Over my dead body!" - NEVER, used 17 times
- "Dead ___ Society" - POETS, used 13 times
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