Snare

The answer

TRAP

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRAP answer page.

Used 207 times across 57 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 25 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.

• ENTRAP (65 uses in xd)
• NET (34 uses in xd)
• NOOSE (33 uses in xd)
• BAG (9 uses in xd)
• ENMESH (6 uses in xd)

Other clues for TRAP

Every other clue in this collection answered by TRAP, most used first.

• Ensnare - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
• Pitfall - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Golf hazard - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse catcher - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Links hazard - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse-catching device - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouth, slangily - used 32 times, most recently in 2020
• Lint collector - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Catch - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
• Sting operation - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Ambush - used 23 times, most recently in 2015
• Golf course hazard - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Sandy golf hazard - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Corner - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Ripped - TORE, used 508 times
• Abound - TEEM, used 426 times
• Adolescent - TEEN, used 338 times
• Story - TALE, used 293 times
• Hardy heroine - TESS, used 280 times
• Soft mineral - TALC, used 260 times

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