Tops of waves
The crossword clue "Tops of waves" is answered by CRESTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRESTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRESTS answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CRESTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRESTS, most used first.
- Peaks - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Wave peaks - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Reaches a peak - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Tops - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Summits - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Wave tops - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Tops - ATMOST, used 26 times
- Rode the waves - SURFED, used 11 times
- Tops - APEXES, used 11 times
- Tops - ONEUPS, used 9 times
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