The clue "rough" last appeared in the New York Times crossword on November 1, 2023. The correct answer for this puzzle is "COARSE", a 6-letter word.
Solution COARSE is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution COARSE is 6 letters long. We have 109 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 865 solutions. The longest is KNOCK-DOWN-AND-DRAG-OUT with 19 letters, and the shortest is BAD with 3 letters.
Indeed, the puzzle clue "ROUGH" has seen a surge in lookups recently (last checked: 05 Dec 2025). Apparently it´s giving players some headaches!
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Solutions are between 3 and 19 letters long.
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| Homonym for ruff (5) | |
| Wild and woolly (5) | |
| Boisterous; thug (5) | |
| Long grass on a golf course (5) | |
| Fairway boundary (5) | |