Marine hazard
The crossword clue "Marine hazard" is answered by REEF, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REEF
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REEF answer page.
Used 21 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for REEF
Every other clue in this collection answered by REEF, most used first.
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- Coral ridge - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Great Barrier ___ - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Snorkeling site - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Coral structure - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Sailing hazard - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Snorkeling spot - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Coral construction - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Boating hazard - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Coral habitat - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Navigation hazard - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Offshore hazard - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Shipwreck site - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Atoll protector - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Coral creation - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Shoal - used 11 times, most recently in 2002
- Atoll barrier - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Australia's Great Barrier ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Coral ___ - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Shorten sail - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
- Nautical hazard - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Sea hazard - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Shipping hazard - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Underwater obstacle - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Boat bottom bumper - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Boater's hazard - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Coral colony - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Coral ecosystem - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Snorkeling locale - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
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- Links hazard - TRAP, used 41 times
- Marine eagle - ERNE, used 39 times
- Marine predator - ORCA, used 38 times
- Golf course hazard - TRAP, used 22 times
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