Hector
The crossword clue "Hector" is answered by TEASE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1954. 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
TEASE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEASE answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1954. 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
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Other clues for TEASE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TEASE, most used first.
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- Needle - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Taunt - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Kid around with - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Josh - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Kid - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Pester - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Coquette - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
- Pick on - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
- Tantalize - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Badger - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
- Mock - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Ride - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Harass - used 19 times, most recently in 2015
- Flirt - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
- Annoy - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
- Bait - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Back-comb - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Heckle - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Act the coquette - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Importune. - used 11 times, most recently in 1983
- Make sport of - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Twit - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
- Vex - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Rag - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Display poor sportsmanship - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Sing "nyah-nyah" to - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Backcomb - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritate - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Joke around with - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lead on - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Chaff - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- Fluff, as hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Poke fun - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Back-comb hair - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Comb, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Pull one's leg - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Trifle with - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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- Father of Hector and Paris - PRIAM, used 6 times
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