Long gun
The crossword clue "Long gun" is answered by RIFLE, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. 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
RIFLE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIFLE answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIFLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIFLE, most used first.
- Ransack - used 55 times, most recently in 2019
- Rummage (through) - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Biathlon need - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Hunter's weapon - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Hunting weapon - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Plunder - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Biathlon weapon - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Hunter's gun - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Ransack and rob - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
- Winchester, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Doughboy's weapon - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Winchester, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- M-1, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Biathlete's weapon - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Search (through) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Winchester product - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Biathlete's need - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Long arm - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pillage - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Sift through - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Springfield, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Long (for) - YEARN, used 99 times
- Long stories - SAGAS, used 95 times
- Long look - STARE, used 89 times
- Long - YEARN, used 79 times
- Stun gun - TASER, used 76 times
- Long lock - TRESS, used 56 times
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