Gentle
The crossword clue "Gentle" is answered by TAME, a 4-letter entry. Used 22 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TAME
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAME answer page.
Used 22 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 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.
- ASALAMB (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAME
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAME, most used first.
- Domesticated - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Docile - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Domesticate - used 85 times, most recently in 2026
- Unexciting - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Subdue - used 47 times, most recently in 2023
- Not wild - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Unlikely to bite - used 40 times, most recently in 2021
- No longer wild - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Bring under control - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Get under control - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Easy to handle - 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.
- Gentle soul - LAMB, used 31 times
- Gentle throw - TOSS, used 25 times
- Gentle touches - PATS, used 25 times
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