Frail
The crossword clue "Frail" is answered by WEAK, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WEAK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEAK answer page.
Used 20 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WEAK
Every other clue in this collection answered by WEAK, most used first.
- Watered down - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Feeble - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Diluted - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Lacking strength - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Overly diluted - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Lacking muscle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Not strong - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Flimsy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Ineffectual - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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- Sharpen - WHET, used 155 times
- Have on - WEAR, used 134 times
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