Softened
The crossword clue "Softened" is answered by MUTED, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MUTED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MUTED answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for MUTED
Every other clue in this collection answered by MUTED, most used first.
- Toned down - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Silenced - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Subdued - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Muffled - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
- With the sound off - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Soft - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- ___ down (softened) - TONED, used 22 times
- Softened, with "down" - TONED, used 7 times
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