Goes kaput
The crossword clue "Goes kaput" is answered by DIES, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIES answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CONKSOUT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DIES
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIES, most used first.
- Conks out - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
- Fizzles out - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Runs out of juice - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Passes away - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Runs out of battery - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ Irae - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
- Expires - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Runs out of power - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Stops working - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes out, as a fire - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Peters out - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Kicks the bucket - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Runs out of gas - 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.
- Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
- Goes astray - ERRS, used 122 times
- Goes (for) - OPTS, used 107 times
- Goes wrong - ERRS, used 96 times
- Goes out with - SEES, used 94 times
- Goes on to say - ADDS, used 53 times
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