Kicks the bucket

The answer

DIES

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 3 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.

• CROAKS (3 uses in xd)
• BUYSIT (1 uses in xd)
• GIVESUPTHEGHOST (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
• Goes kaput - used 17 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
• 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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