Ready for the dentist's drill
The crossword clue "Ready for the dentist's drill" is answered by NUMB, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NUMB
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUMB answer page.
Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NUMB
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUMB, most used first.
- Unfeeling - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeling no pain - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeling nothing - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Senseless - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Anesthetized - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Without feeling - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Deaden - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Insensible. - used 10 times, most recently in 2000
- Deadened - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Insensitive - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Lacking feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
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