Drives back
The crossword clue "Drives back" is answered by REPELS, a 6-letter entry. Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1952. 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
REPELS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REPELS answer page.
Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 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.
- REPULSES (4 uses in xd)
- FENDSOFF (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REPELS
Every other clue in this collection answered by REPELS, most used first.
- Fights off - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Wards off - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Drives away - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Beats back - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Pushes away - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Fends off - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Talks back to - SASSES, used 58 times
- Go back on a promise - RENEGE, used 46 times
- Take back - RECANT, used 35 times
- Get back - RECOUP, used 32 times
- Go back (on) - RENEGE, used 31 times
- Talks back - SASSES, used 31 times
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