Fall in folds

The answer

DRAPE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DRAPE

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

• Hang loosely - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Window covering - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Curtain - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Hang - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Cover with cloth - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Window dressing - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Window treatment - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Hang in loose folds - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Arrange in folds. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Window curtain - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Hang in folds - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Window cover - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Cover loosely - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Hang loose? - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Hanging. - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
• Arrange, as a shawl - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Hang (over) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Fall flower - ASTER, used 219 times
• Fall bloomer - ASTER, used 106 times
• Fall guy - PATSY, used 61 times
• Fall bloom - ASTER, used 59 times
• Fall off - ABATE, used 23 times
• Winter fall - SLEET, used 23 times

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