Ruin
The crossword clue "Ruin" is answered by DOOM, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOOM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOOM answer page.
Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for DOOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOOM, most used first.
- Condemn - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Dire fate - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Adverse fate - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Tragic fate - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Gloom's partner - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Unhappy destiny - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Fate - used 17 times, most recently in 2013
- Downfall - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Dire destiny - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ and gloom - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Dire prophecy - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- "Indiana Jones and the Temple of ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Gloom partner - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Ruination - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Terrible fate - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Destiny. - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Destine for failure - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Gloom and ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not a happy fate - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Pessimist's projection - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Unhappy fate - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Apocalypse - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Fearful fate - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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 - DOIN, used 13 times
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