Sink hole
The crossword clue "Sink hole" is answered by DRAIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRAIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAIN answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DRAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAIN, most used first.
- Exhaust - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Sink feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Sap - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Sink outlet - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Deplete - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Hole in a bathtub - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bathtub outlet - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Bathtub part - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Place for a snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Hole ___. - INONE, used 76 times
- Sink - BASIN, used 35 times
- Roll with a hole - BAGEL, used 34 times
- ___ the hole - ACEIN, used 31 times
- Hole in the head - SINUS, used 28 times
- Watering hole - OASIS, used 21 times
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