Sharp tug
The crossword clue "Sharp tug" is answered by YANK, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YANK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YANK answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for YANK
Every other clue in this collection answered by YANK, most used first.
- Tug - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Pull hard - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Jerk - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Tug hard - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp pull - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Pull sharply - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Pull suddenly - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Pull - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- American, to a Brit - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Big jerk - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Sudden pull - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Tug sharply - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Tug (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Sharp - KEEN, used 139 times
- Sharp taste - TANG, used 88 times
- Tug-of-war need - ROPE, used 72 times
- Sharp flavor - TANG, used 53 times
- Sharp-tasting - TART, used 29 times
- Razor-sharp - KEEN, used 28 times
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