Bone-dry
The crossword clue "Bone-dry" is answered by ARID, a 4-letter entry. Used 167 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 34 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ARID
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ARID answer page.
Used 167 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 34 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- EMPTY (1 uses in xd)
- SAHARAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ARID
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ARID, most used first.
- Saharan - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
- Desertlike - used 170 times, most recently in 2026
- Dry as a desert - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Arm bone - ULNA, used 409 times
- Forearm bone - ULNA, used 317 times
- Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times
- Dry run - TEST, used 106 times
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