An anagram for nails
The crossword clue "An anagram for nails" is answered by SLAIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SLAIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAIN answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAIN, most used first.
- Done in - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
- Done in, as a dragon - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Murdered - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Assassinated - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Killed - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Bumped off - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Killed, as a dragon - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Destroyed. - used 11 times, most recently in 2002
- Dispatched - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- "And hast thou ___ the Jabberwock?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- "Hast thou ___ the Jabberwock?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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