Empties out
The crossword clue "Empties out" is answered by DRAINS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRAINS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAINS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DRAINS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAINS, most used first.
- Exhausts - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Sink holes - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Empties - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
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.
- Come out - EMERGE, used 130 times
- Way out - EGRESS, used 115 times
- Draw out - ELICIT, used 101 times
- Out of bed - ARISEN, used 80 times
- Bring out - ELICIT, used 63 times
- Cancel out - NEGATE, used 61 times
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