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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FORCED Compelled; strained (6) The Times Concise Feb 14, 2022
9% FORCE Compel (5) The Telegraph Plusword Jan 27, 2026
9% OBLIGE Compel (6) The Telegraph Quick Dec 3, 2025
8% OUST Compel to leave (4) Newsday Jan 27, 2026
8% OBLIGATE Morally compel (8) The Times Concise Jan 24, 2026
8% BREED Strain (5) The Telegraph Quick Jan 3, 2026
8% ILK Strain (3) New York Times Nov 30, 2025
7% OVEREXERT Strain (yourself) (9) (9) Puzzler Jan 29, 2026
7% FLU Illness that strains the NHS in the winter (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 17, 2026
7% TAXED Placed a strain on (5) Newsday Dec 29, 2025

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