Unable to escape
The crossword clue "Unable to escape" is answered by TREED, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. 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
TREED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TREED answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. 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.
- CORNERED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for TREED
Every other clue in this collection answered by TREED, most used first.
- Cornered - used 138 times, most recently in 2026
- Out on a limb - used 21 times, most recently in 2013
- In a tough spot - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Trapped, in a way - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Cornered, in a way - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Brought to bay - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Wooded - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Stuck up? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Trapped on a branch - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Unable to sit still - ANTSY, used 86 times
- Escape from - EVADE, used 27 times
- Escape - ELUDE, used 24 times
- Unable to eat another bite - SATED, used 23 times
- Escape from - ELUDE, used 21 times
- Cut off from escape - HEMIN, used 13 times
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