Penetrate

The answer

ENTER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ENTER answer page.

Used 31 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SOAKIN (5 uses in xd)
• PIERCE (4 uses in xd)
• GOIN (2 uses in xd)
• FATHOM (1 uses in xd)
• IMPALE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ENTER

Every other clue in this collection answered by ENTER, most used first.

• "Come in!" - used 188 times, most recently in 2026
• Go in - used 180 times, most recently in 2026
• Stage direction - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
• Door sign - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Computer key - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Go into - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• Go inside - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Record - used 59 times, most recently in 2024
• Join - used 53 times, most recently in 2020
• Word of welcome - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• "Come on in!" - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Walk inside - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Key in - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Keyboard key - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Script direction - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
• PC key - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• ATM button - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
• Keypad key - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Register - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Computer command - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Cross the threshold - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Type in - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Go onstage - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Log - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Matriculate. - used 22 times, most recently in 2005
• Walk in - used 22 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Wear away - ERODE, used 660 times
• Spooky - EERIE, used 434 times
• Follow - ENSUE, used 383 times
• ___ nous - ENTRE, used 350 times
• Lauder of cosmetics - ESTEE, used 289 times
• Ham it up - EMOTE, used 281 times

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