Sneak attack
The crossword clue "Sneak attack" is answered by RAID, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAID
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAID answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1978. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for RAID
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAID, most used first.
- Foray - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Incursion - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden attack - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Surprise attack - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Police action - used 32 times, most recently in 2023
- Fridge foray - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Bust - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Sortie - used 19 times, most recently in 2008
- Attack - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Commando action - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Midnight fridge visit - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Invasion - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Maraud - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Speakeasy risk - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Sudden invasion - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- All bets are off after this - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Bug killer - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Fridge incursion - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- "Kills bugs dead!" spray - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Late-night fridge visit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden police action - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- DEA bust - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Inroad - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Sally - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Speakeasy event - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Sneak a look - PEEK, used 38 times
- Mosquito attack - BITE, used 26 times
- Attack, as with snowballs - PELT, used 16 times
- Attack with snowballs - PELT, used 15 times
- Incites to attack - SICS, used 12 times
- Time to attack - DDAY, used 12 times
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