Anesthetizes
The crossword clue "Anesthetizes" is answered by NUMBS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1983. 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
NUMBS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NUMBS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- BENUMBS (1 uses in xd)
- PUTSUNDER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NUMBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NUMBS, most used first.
- Deadens - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Desensitizes - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
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