Beat back
The crossword clue "Beat back" is answered by REPULSE, a 7-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1961. 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
REPULSE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REPULSE answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1961. 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.
- REPULSED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for REPULSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by REPULSE, most used first.
- Drive back - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Way back when - AGESAGO, used 49 times
- Back - ENDORSE, used 34 times
- Go back over - RETRACE, used 29 times
- Put back - RESTORE, used 26 times
- Take back - RETRACT, used 20 times
- Take back - RESCIND, used 19 times
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