Brief conflict

The answer

SETTO

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SETTO answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SETTO

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

• Brawl - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Brief brawl - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Altercation - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Brief fight - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Fight - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Fracas - used 26 times, most recently in 2011
• Brief argument - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• Brief tussle - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Bout - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
• Brief quarrel - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Heated argument - used 18 times, most recently in 2011
• Scrap - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Squabble - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Argument - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Brouhaha - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Donnybrook - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Dustup - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Fistfight - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Melee - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Rhubarb - used 13 times, most recently in 2009
• Spat - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Begin. - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Brief squabble - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Petty quarrel - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Scuffle - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Heated conflict - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• Bench-clearing incident - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Fist fight - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Fray - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Row - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Sharp argument - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Brief fracas - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Brief - SHORT, used 30 times
• Brief appearance - CAMEO, used 26 times
• Brief summary - RECAP, used 22 times
• Brief - TERSE, used 21 times
• Brief and to the point - TERSE, used 19 times
• Conflict - CLASH, used 18 times

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