Difficult experience
The crossword clue "Difficult experience" is answered by ORDEAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ORDEAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORDEAL answer page.
Used 19 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 8 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.
- HARDTIME (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ORDEAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by ORDEAL, most used first.
- Trying experience - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Trial - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
- Severe trial - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Trying time - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Tough time - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Harrowing experience - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Grueling experience - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Tribulation - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Difficult trial - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Rough time - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Severe test - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Experience again - RELIVE, used 36 times
- Experience anew - RELIVE, used 22 times
- Less difficult - EASIER, used 14 times
- More difficult - HARDER, used 10 times
- Learning experience - LESSON, used 8 times
- Most difficult to find - RAREST, used 6 times
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