Puts away the dishes?

The answer

EATS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EATS answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EATS

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

• Grub - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
• Diner sign - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
• Consumes - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Chow - used 90 times, most recently in 2025
• Vittles - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Puts away - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Chows down - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Dines - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Has a meal - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Breaks bread - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Has a snack - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Beanery sign - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
• Devours - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Gobbles up - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Polishes off - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Greasy spoon sign - used 28 times, most recently in 2021
• Corrodes - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Ingests - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Has dinner - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Victuals - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Comestibles - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Sups - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Breaks a fast - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Has a bite - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Hash-house sign - used 22 times, most recently in 2017
• Erodes - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Digs in - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Food - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Has lunch - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Munches on - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Noshes - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Takes in - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Roadside sign - used 13 times, most recently in 2004
• Absorbs, as a loss - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Diner offering - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Wolfs down - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Downs - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Diner grub - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Does lunch - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Emulates Pac-Man - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Highway sign - used 9 times, most recently in 1987
• Truck-stop sign - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Bolts down - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Gobbles down - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Has some food - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign outside a greasy spoon - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Has supper - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Picnic provender. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
• Roadside diner sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Scarfs down - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Truck-stop offering - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Uses up - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Chows down on - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Feasts on - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign on a diner. - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Snacks on - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Takes a course? - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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