Unpleasant encounter
The crossword clue "Unpleasant encounter" is answered by RUNIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. 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
RUNIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RUNIN answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RUNIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by RUNIN, most used first.
- Altercation - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Quarrel - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Confrontation - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Arrest - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Argument - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
- Encounter - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Brush with the law - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Encounter with the law - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Take downtown - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Unpleasant - NASTY, used 16 times
- Unpleasant, as weather - NASTY, used 13 times
- Unpleasant smells - ODORS, used 10 times
- Downright unpleasant - NASTY, used 9 times
- Very unpleasant - NASTY, used 9 times
- Unpleasant look - SNEER, used 7 times
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