Traditional battlers

The answer

SEXES

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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.

• FOES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SEXES

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

• Male and female - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Genders - used 42 times, most recently in 2024
• Battle of the ___ - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Proverbial battlers - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
• Sides in an ongoing battle - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
• Perennial battlers - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Sides in a classic battle - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sides in an eternal battle - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Sides in an age-old "battle" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Traditional saying - ADAGE, used 16 times
• Traditional truism - ADAGE, used 13 times
• Traditional Arctic dome home - IGLOO, used 8 times
• Traditional stories - MYTHS, used 8 times
• Had a traditional dinner - ATEIN, used 7 times
• Traditional bodies of knowledge - LORES, used 6 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.