Difficult trial
The crossword clue "Difficult trial" is answered by ORDEAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 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 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Difficult experience - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- 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.
- Trial balloon - FEELER, used 18 times
- Avoid a trial - SETTLE, used 15 times
- Less difficult - EASIER, used 14 times
- More difficult - HARDER, used 10 times
- "Monkey Trial" defendant - SCOPES, used 7 times
- Scopes Trial attorney - DARROW, used 7 times
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