Shows fondness

The answer

DOTES

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 2 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
• Showers affection (on) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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.

• Shows up - COMES, used 37 times
• Trade shows - EXPOS, used 20 times
• Shows flexibility - BENDS, used 17 times
• First name in talk shows - OPRAH, used 15 times
• Shows the way - LEADS, used 15 times
• Shows - BARES, used 14 times

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