Killed

The answer

SLEW

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLEW answer page.

Used 27 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 7 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.

• SLAIN (17 uses in xd)
• OFFRED (1 uses in xd)
• SMOTE (1 uses in xd)
• VETOED (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SLEW

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

• Whole bunch - used 168 times, most recently in 2026
• Whole lot - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Murdered - used 55 times, most recently in 2023
• Large quantity - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Did in - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Large number - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Boatload - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Large amount - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Passel - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Killed, as a dragon - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Multitude - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Bunch - used 23 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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