Ordeal
The crossword clue "Ordeal" is answered by TRIAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 40 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TRIAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIAL answer page.
Used 40 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 13 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.
- ACIDTEST (1 uses in xd)
- CHORE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TRIAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRIAL, most used first.
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