Difficult
The crossword clue "Difficult" is answered by TOUGH, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TOUGH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TOUGH answer page.
Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2016. 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.
- ARDUOUS (4 uses in xd)
- TRYING (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for TOUGH
Every other clue in this collection answered by TOUGH, most used first.
- "Too bad!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Makes less difficult - EASES, used 41 times
- Made less difficult - EASED, used 18 times
- Difficult journeys - TREKS, used 17 times
- Difficult to miss - OVERT, used 11 times
- Difficult years - TEENS, used 10 times
- Difficult to climb - STEEP, used 9 times
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