Tie over, in music

The answer

SLUR

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

Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SLUR

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

• Speak unclearly - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Aspersion - used 74 times, most recently in 2025
• Insult - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Disparaging remark - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Speak indistinctly - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Insulting remark - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Disparage - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
• Pronounce indistinctly - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Put-down - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Utter indistinctly - used 18 times, most recently in 2016
• Curved line, in music - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cast aspersions on - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Speak drunkenly - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Talk drunkenly - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Fail to enunciate - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Innuendo. - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Utter unclearly - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Arc on a musical score - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of slander - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Nasty remark - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Slanderous remark - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Elide - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Speak ill of - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Musical mark - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Shpeak like thish - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Sling mud at - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Bit of mudslinging - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Disparaging comment - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurtful remark - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Make over - REDO, used 404 times
• All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
• Over again - ANEW, used 247 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
• Hand over - CEDE, used 187 times
• Watch over - TEND, used 139 times

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