Drills a hole
The crossword clue "Drills a hole" is answered by BORES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BORES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BORES answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BORES
Every other clue in this collection answered by BORES, most used first.
- Causes to yawn - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Drills - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Puts to sleep - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes yawn - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiresome ones - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Tiresome talkers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Yawn inducers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Dull people - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Uses a drill - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Hole ___. - INONE, used 76 times
- Roll with a hole - BAGEL, used 34 times
- ___ the hole - ACEIN, used 31 times
- Hole in the head - SINUS, used 28 times
- Watering hole - OASIS, used 21 times
- Desert watering hole - OASIS, used 19 times
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