Hard labor
The crossword clue "Hard labor" is answered by TOIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TOIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOIL answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 7 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.
- SWEATOFONESBROW (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOIL, most used first.
- Work hard - used 183 times, most recently in 2026
- Labor - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard work - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
- Drudgery - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
- Slave away - used 39 times, most recently in 2019
- Plug away - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Work like a dog - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Work up a sweat - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Trouble's partner - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- "Double, double ___ and trouble" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Work very hard - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Exertion - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Slave - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Work, work, work - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Drudge - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Put in long hours - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Work - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Travail - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Work really hard - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Grind away - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Labor strenuously - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Sweat producer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Grind - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Slog away - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sweat - 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.
- Hard to find - RARE, used 196 times
- Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
- Hard to come by - RARE, used 67 times
- Study hard - CRAM, used 53 times
- Hard to hold - EELY, used 51 times
- Labor Day mo. - SEPT, used 44 times
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