Defeat
The crossword clue "Defeat" is answered by LICK, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. 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
LICK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LICK answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for LICK
Every other clue in this collection answered by LICK, most used first.
- Beat - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Promise's partner - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Enjoy a lollipop - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Canine kiss - used 6 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.
- Defeat - LOSS, used 82 times
- Decisive defeat - ROUT, used 55 times
- Suffer defeat - LOSE, used 49 times
- Defeat - BEST, used 38 times
- Defeat decisively - ROUT, used 38 times
- Defeat soundly - DRUB, used 31 times
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