Gave false hopes
The crossword clue "Gave false hopes" is answered by LEDON, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LEDON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEDON answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LEDON
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEDON, most used first.
- Enticed - used 57 times, most recently in 2024
- Deceived - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Strung along - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Lured - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
- Gave false hopes to - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Gave false hope to - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Beguiled - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Deluded - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Tempted - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Teased, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Gave a hoot - CARED, used 66 times
- Gave up - CEDED, used 61 times
- False - NOTSO, used 54 times
- False name - ALIAS, used 48 times
- Prove false - BELIE, used 48 times
- Gave medicine to - DOSED, used 43 times
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