Defensible
The crossword clue "Defensible" is answered by TENABLE, a 7-letter entry. Used 16 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TENABLE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TENABLE answer page.
Used 16 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for TENABLE
Every other clue in this collection answered by TENABLE, most used first.
- Easily defended - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Well-founded - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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