Rub out
The crossword clue "Rub out" is answered by SLAY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. 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 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.
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
- Dispatch a dragon - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- 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
- 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.
- Leave out - OMIT, used 929 times
- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Try out - TEST, used 242 times
- Send out - EMIT, used 240 times
- Out of control - AMOK, used 212 times
- Dole (out) - METE, used 206 times
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