Hero's reward
The crossword clue "Hero's reward" is answered by MEDAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MEDAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MEDAL answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MEDAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by MEDAL, most used first.
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- Olympics award - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Olympian's prize - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Decoration - used 20 times, most recently in 2010
- Olympics prize - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Olympic award - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Purple Heart, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Olympian's quest - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- Olympian's award - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Award. - used 13 times, most recently in 1997
- Finish in the top three - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Reward for bravery - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- __ of Honor - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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