Stave off

The answer

REPEL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REPEL answer page.

Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• AVERT (67 uses in xd)
• FEND (14 uses in xd)
• DETER (10 uses in xd)
• WARD (2 uses in xd)
• COMBAT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for REPEL

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

• Drive back - used 82 times, most recently in 2025
• Ward off - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive away - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Drive off - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Fight off - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Force back - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Push away - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Fend off - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Turn away - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Turn back - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Beat back - used 19 times, most recently in 2017
• Turn off - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Disgust - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Spurn - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Opposite of attract - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Gross out - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Push back - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Chase away - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Put off - used 7 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.

• Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
• Ward off - AVERT, used 152 times
• Cut off - SEVER, used 104 times
• Put off - DEFER, used 99 times
• Kick off - START, used 85 times
• Taper off - ABATE, used 79 times

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