Small flounders.
The crossword clue "Small flounders." is answered by DABS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1992; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DABS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DABS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 1992; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DABS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DABS, most used first.
- Applies lightly - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Applies gently - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Small amounts - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Ointment amounts - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Smidgens - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pats gently - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Light touches - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Soft touches - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Flatfish. - used 9 times, most recently in 1996
- Dollops - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Small amounts, as of cream - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bits of paint - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Pats - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
- Applies with a cotton ball - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Applies with a Q-Tip - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Gentle touches - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Small globs - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Small bills - ONES, used 324 times
- Small songbird - WREN, used 265 times
- Small whirlpool - EDDY, used 139 times
- Small combo - TRIO, used 137 times
- Small salamander - NEWT, used 126 times
- Small brook - RILL, used 101 times
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