Push hard

The answer

SHOVE

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

Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 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.

• HYPE (2 uses in xd)
• EXERT (1 uses in xd)
• RAM (1 uses in xd)
• URGE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHOVE

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

• Push - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Push rudely - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Jostle - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Push roughly - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Rude push - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• What push may come to - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Be rude in line - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Rudely push - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Thrust - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• What push comes to - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Leave, with "off" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Powerful push - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Works hard - TOILS, used 80 times
• Push forward - IMPEL, used 39 times
• Hard work - LABOR, used 38 times
• Hard stuff - BOOZE, used 36 times
• Hard to climb - STEEP, used 36 times
• Hit hard - SMITE, used 35 times

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