Slight push
The crossword clue "Slight push" is answered by NUDGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1943. 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
NUDGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUDGE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NUDGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUDGE, most used first.
- Elbow - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Gentle reminder - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Gentle push - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Gentle prod - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Push gently - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Prod gently - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Jog. - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Push forward - IMPEL, used 39 times
- Push away - REPEL, used 33 times
- Push - SHOVE, used 32 times
- Push rudely - SHOVE, used 28 times
- Slight coloring - TINGE, used 21 times
- Push roughly - SHOVE, used 19 times
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