Take forcefully
The crossword clue "Take forcefully" is answered by WREST, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WREST
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WREST answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 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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Other clues for WREST
Every other clue in this collection answered by WREST, most used first.
- Take by force - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Take forcibly - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize by force - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Snatch forcibly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Usurp - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Extract by force - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Seize forcibly - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Seize (from) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Take away by force - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Extort - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Take care of - SEETO, used 337 times
- Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
- Take place - OCCUR, used 121 times
- Take as one's own - ADOPT, used 111 times
- Take it easy - RELAX, used 103 times
- Take the helm - STEER, used 78 times
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