Crossword clues - Answer
DEFT
DEFT is a 4-letter crossword answer with 6 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 342 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
DEFT
DEFT
4Letters
6Clues in collection
342Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for DEFT in this collection
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- Skillful - used 114 times across 49 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Adroit - used 70 times across 40 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Dexterous - used 44 times across 31 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Nimble-fingered - used 40 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Nimble - used 37 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Skilled - used 37 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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