Ban
The crossword clue "Ban" is answered by TABOO, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TABOO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TABOO answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 2 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.
- BLACKLIST (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for TABOO
Every other clue in this collection answered by TABOO, most used first.
- Forbidden - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
- Off-limits - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Verboten - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- No-no - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
- Prohibited - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Social no-no - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Just not done - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Prohibition - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
- Not allowed - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Prohibited thing - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Societal no-no - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Forbidden thing - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Banned - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Proscribed - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Strictly verboten - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- It's a no-no - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Banned from polite conversation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Simply not done - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Major no-no - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Not to be mentioned - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Cultural no-no - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Hasbro's "game of unspeakable fun" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not to be done - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Out of bounds - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Something not allowed - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Unacceptable - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Ban rival - ARRID, used 8 times
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