Hinder
The crossword clue "Hinder" is answered by STYMIE, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
STYMIE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STYMIE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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.
- RETARD (8 uses in xd)
Other clues for STYMIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by STYMIE, most used first.
- Thwart - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Frustrate - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Block - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Get in the way of - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Confound - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Thoroughly frustrate - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Hinder - IMPEDE, used 44 times
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