Welcome to Anagrammer Crossword Genius! Keep reading below to see if duel is an answer to any crossword puzzle or word game (Scrabble, Words With Friends etc). Scroll down to see all the info we have compiled on duel.
DUEL
Searching in Crosswords ...
The answer DUEL has 386 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
Searching in Word Games ...
The word DUEL is VALID in some board games. Check DUEL in word games in Scrabble, Words With Friends, see scores, anagrams etc.
Searching in Dictionaries ...
Definitions of duel in various dictionaries:
noun - a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
noun - any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
verb - fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman
more
Word Research / Anagrams and more ...
- check DUEL in all word games (30 answers)
- unscramble DUEL (11 answers)
- anagrams of DUEL (3 answers)
- words containing DUEL (23 answers)
- words starting with DUEL (17 answers)
- words ending with DUEL (2 answers)
- synonyms of DUEL (2 answers)
- antonyms of DUEL (0 answers)
Keep reading for additional results and analysis below.
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
|---|
| The earliest known letter written by Jackson is, naturally, a challenge to this |
| This type of gunplay is defined as "a formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of 2 enemies" |
| A gun or sword fight between 2 pairs of people |
| In 1859 anti-slavery Democrat David Broderick became the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in one of these fights |
| This steamy Gregory Peck-Jennifer Jones film was nicknamed "Lust in the Dust" |
| "Fear is the driving force" in this early Spielberg flick, originally made for TV |
| Webster's, 1828:"A premeditated combat between two persons, for the purpose of deciding some private difference" |
| "Lensky's Aria" from "Eugene Onegin" finds Lensky lamenting his fate after having agreed to this type of challenge |
| The young Conrad apparently attempted suicide, though he claimed the wound came in one of these confrontations |
| This Ridley Scott film based on Eric Jager's true story of medieval France saw Matt Damon tilting against Adam Driver |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
|---|
| fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman |
| fight a duel or duels. |
| Fight a duel or duels. |
| a formal fight in the past, using guns or swords, arranged between two people as a way of deciding an argument: |
| a difficult competition in which both sides show a lot of effort: |
| the activity of fighting duels |
| a formal fight, using guns or swords ( weapons with long, sharp blades), arranged esp. in the past between two people to decide an argument |
| any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups) |
| a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor |
| a prearranged contest with deadly weapons between two people in order to settle a point of honour. |
| Geographic Matches |
|---|
| Duel, Karnten, AUSTRIA |
| Duel, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES |
| Jatar Duel, West Bengal, INDIA |
| Duel description |
|---|
|
A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules. Duels in this form were chiefly practiced in early modern Europe with precedents in the medieval code of chivalry, and continued into the modern period (19th to early 20th centuries) especially among military officers. * During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly fought with swords (the rapier, and later the smallsword), but beginning in the late 18th century in England, duels were more commonly fought using pistols. Fencing and pistol duels continued to co-exist throughout the 19th century. * The duel was based on a code of honor. Duels were fought not so much to kill the opponent as to gain "satisfaction", that is, to restore one's honor by demonstrating a willingness to risk one's life for it, and as such the tradition of dueling was originally reserved for the male members of nobility; however, in the modern era it extended to those of the |
WAS THIS PAGE HELPFUL? Grab a CITATION
http://www.anagrammer.com/puzzles/answer/duel