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The answer

SLAIN

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1975. 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.

• SENT (316 uses in xd)
• SLEW (17 uses in xd)
• SENTOFF (7 uses in xd)
• SENTOUT (7 uses in xd)
• SENTIN (4 uses in xd)

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
• An anagram for nails - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
• "And hast thou ___ the Jabberwock?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Hast thou ___ the Jabberwock?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
• Cubic meter - STERE, used 273 times
• Frighten - SCARE, used 195 times
• Trap - SNARE, used 192 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Place - STEAD, used 187 times

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