Slope backward
The crossword clue "Slope backward" is answered by RECEDE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RECEDE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RECEDE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RECEDE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RECEDE, most used first.
- Ebb - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Move back - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Fall back - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdraw - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Flow back - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Go back - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Move away - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Subside - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Steep slope - ESCARP, used 39 times
- Backward - ASTERN, used 17 times
- Ski slope bumps - MOGULS, used 8 times
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