Grand Coulee, for one

The answer

DAM

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DAM answer page.

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DAM

Every other clue in this collection answered by DAM, most used first.

• River blocker - used 94 times, most recently in 2026
• Weir - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoover, for one - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Block up - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Beaver's construction - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Water barrier - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Block - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Beaver's creation - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Beaver's work - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• River barrier - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Stop up - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
• Hoover, e.g. - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• River stopper - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Hydroelectric project - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Reservoir creator - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Hydroelectric power source - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Flow stopper - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Beaver's structure - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoover ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Beaver creation - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Beaver project - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Hydroelectric facility - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• It holds water - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Beaver's project - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• TVA project - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
• Water gate - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Flood-control structure - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Water container? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Water holder - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand Coulee, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Lake maker - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Reservoir maker - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Reservoir structure - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Spillway setting - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Three Gorges project - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Beaver-built barricade - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Check the water? - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Aswan, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Water stopper - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Barrier - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Beavers' creation - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Equine mother - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Hydroelectric structure - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave it to beavers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Obstruct - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• River project - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Aswan or Hoover - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Beaver building - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Beaver's handiwork - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Beavers' project - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Dental ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Flood-control project - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• A river runs to it - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Beaver construction - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Beaver's barrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Beaver's building project - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Flow blocker - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Grand Coulee __ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoover, notably - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Hoover or Aswan - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• River block - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sire's mate - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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