Dispatch a dragon
The crossword clue "Dispatch a dragon" is answered by SLAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLAY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLAY answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLAY, most used first.
- Do in - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
- Kill - used 59 times, most recently in 2025
- Kill, as a dragon - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Do in, as a dragon - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
- Leave rolling in the aisles - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Murder - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
- Destroy. - used 25 times, most recently in 2007
- Dispatch - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Overwhelm with humor - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Dispatch, as a dragon - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Leave in stitches - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Vanquish, as a dragon - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Bump off - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Knock off - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Defeat, as a dragon - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Overwhelm with laughter - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Assassinate - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Wow 'em at the comedy club - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Leave helpless with laughter - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
- Crack up - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Emulate Buffy - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Knock 'em dead - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Do away with - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Do in, as a vampire - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Put in stitches - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "You ___ me!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Do in a dragon - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Have rolling in the aisles - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Homophone for sleigh - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Kill it - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Amuse immensely - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Massacre - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Rub out - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Slaughter - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Dispatch - SEND, used 146 times
- Killed, as a dragon - SLEW, used 25 times
- Did in, as a dragon - SLEW, used 20 times
- Kind of dragon - SNAP, used 12 times
- Dispatched, as a dragon - SLEW, used 10 times
- Boy with a dragon in a classic Disney film - PETE, used 8 times
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