Hardship
The crossword clue "Hardship" is answered by TRIAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRIAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIAL answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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.
- Hardship - RIGOR, used 39 times
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- Accustom to hardship (Var.) - ENURE, used 19 times
- Extreme hardship - RIGOR, used 15 times
- Handles hardship - COPES, used 11 times
- Accustom to hardship - ENURE, used 9 times
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