Fishing decoy
The crossword clue "Fishing decoy" is answered by LURE, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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
LURE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LURE answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LURE
Every other clue in this collection answered by LURE, most used first.
- Entice - used 225 times, most recently in 2026
- Tackle box item - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Enticement - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Decoy - used 47 times, most recently in 2017
- Tempt - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Come-on - used 35 times, most recently in 2017
- Attract - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Artificial bait - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Attraction - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Draw in - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Bait - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Act the siren - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Play the siren - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Inveigle - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Angler's need - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Bit of fishing gear - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Draw - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Fishhook attachment - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Temptation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Work as a barker - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Act the femme fatale - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Entice; tempt - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Fishing need - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Tackle box gadget - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Trout tempter - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Fly, at times - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- It's at the end of the line - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Lead on - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Angler's decoy - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Angler's item - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Drawing card - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Fishing poles - RODS, used 82 times
- Fishing line holder - REEL, used 64 times
- Fishing rod attachment - REEL, used 59 times
- Fishing rod - POLE, used 48 times
- Fishing spot - PIER, used 45 times
- Fishing boat - DORY, used 31 times
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