Beavers build them

The answer

DAMS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DAMS answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DAMS

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

• River blockers - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Stops up - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Blocks - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• River barriers - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Water barriers - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Beaver-built barriers - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• River stoppers - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Blocks up - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Beaver creations - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Beavers' constructions - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Beavers' creations - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Weirs - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Beaver projects - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Some power producers - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• The yoke's on them - OXEN, used 110 times
• Something to build on - SITE, used 28 times
• Place to build - SITE, used 24 times
• Docs prescribe them - MEDS, used 20 times
• The two of them - BOTH, used 20 times
• Snobs put them on - AIRS, used 19 times

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