Tread heavily
The crossword clue "Tread heavily" is answered by TROMP, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. 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
TROMP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TROMP answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for TROMP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TROMP, most used first.
- Walk heavily - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Defeat decisively - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Step heavily - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Beat the pants off - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Defeat soundly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Shellac - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Tread heavily - STOMP, used 27 times
- Walk heavily - STOMP, used 27 times
- Walks heavily - PLODS, used 24 times
- Walk heavily - CLOMP, used 18 times
- Walk heavily - TRAMP, used 17 times
- Heavily burdened - LADEN, used 14 times
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