"__ take arms against a sea of troubles"

The answer

ORTO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORTO answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1984. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORTO

Every other clue in this collection answered by ORTO, most used first.

• "___ put it another way ..." - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• "For here __ go?" - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "...___ take arms against..." - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• "___ take arms . . . ": Hamlet - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• "... ___ take arms against ..." ("Hamlet") - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• "___ take arms . . . " - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "___ take arms against a sea of troubles": Hamlet - used 6 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.

• Against - ANTI, used 365 times
• Sea eagle - ERNE, used 355 times
• Take a break - REST, used 268 times
• Take five - REST, used 265 times
• Take a breather - REST, used 230 times
• Troubles - ILLS, used 212 times

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