Showers affection (on)

The answer

DOTES

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOTES answer page.

Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DOTES

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

• Lavishes affection (on) - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Spoils, with "on" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Is overly fond - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Is overfond - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Pampers, with "on" - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Indulges, with "on" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Lavishes love (on) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Shows fondness - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Fusses over, with "on" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Lavishes affection - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Showers attention (on) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Showers with love - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Is excessively fond - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Month of showers - APRIL, used 19 times
• Lavished affection (on) - DOTED, used 17 times
• Showers - RAINS, used 16 times
• Showered affection (on) - DOTED, used 10 times
• Term of affection - DEARY, used 7 times
• Time for showers - APRIL, used 7 times

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