Like a desert
The crossword clue "Like a desert" is answered by DRY, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EREMIC (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRY, most used first.
- Parched - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Like some martinis - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Arid - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Thirsty - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Help with the dishes - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some humor - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Towel off - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Alcohol-free - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Uninteresting - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Lacking moisture - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer damp - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Use a towel - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Unbuttered, as toast - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some wines - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Prohibitionist - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Unbuttered - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Liquor-free - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Saharan - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Dishwasher cycle - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Like deadpan humor - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Not sweet, as wine - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Not wet - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Desertlike - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Desiccate - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- ___-erase board - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Martini order - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Moistureless - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- On the wagon - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Empty, as a well - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Funny in a subtle way - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like some wine - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like the Sahara - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Low in humidity - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Not sweet - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Like - ALA, used 149 times
- Like a fox - SLY, used 73 times
- Like Abner - LIL, used 73 times
- Tell it like it isn't - LIE, used 66 times
- Like sashimi - RAW, used 64 times
- Like some humor - WRY, used 60 times
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