Ruin
The crossword clue "Ruin" is answered by DOIN, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOIN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOIN answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DOIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOIN, most used first.
- Slay - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
- Bump off - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Knock off - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Murder - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- "Whatcha ___?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Rub out - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
- Destroy - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Finish off - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Off - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- "Nothin' ___!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Kill - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Ruin - UNDO, used 51 times
- Bring to ruin - UNDO, used 48 times
- Cause of ruin - BANE, used 43 times
- Source of ruin - BANE, used 22 times
- Ruin - BANE, used 18 times
- Ruin - DOOM, used 13 times
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