Tough
The crossword clue "Tough" is answered by THUG, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. 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
THUG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THUG answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for THUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by THUG, most used first.
- Hoodlum - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruffian - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Goon - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Hood - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
- Hooligan - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Tough guy - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Gangster - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Goon squad member - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Tough spot - BIND, used 36 times
- Tough-guy actor Ray - ALDO, used 34 times
- Tough trip - TREK, used 32 times
- Tough journey - TREK, used 21 times
- Tough - HARD, used 19 times
- Tough test - ORAL, used 15 times
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