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RISK

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RISK answer page.

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• PUTMONEYON (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RISK

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

• Hazard - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Jeopardize - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Put on the line - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Chance - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Danger - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Gamble - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Peril - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Jeopardy - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Take a chance on - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Take a chance - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Lay on the line - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Put at stake - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Investor's concern - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Investor's consideration - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of capital - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Wager - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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