Fades
The crossword clue "Fades" is answered by EBBS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EBBS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EBBS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.
- GOESDIM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EBBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EBBS, most used first.
- Recedes - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
- Flows back - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Wanes - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Declines - used 74 times, most recently in 2021
- Diminishes - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Subsides - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Falls back - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Recedes, as the tide - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Abates - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Dwindles - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
- Fades away - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Falls off - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- ___ and flows - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Goes back - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Goes out - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Dies down - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes out, as the tide - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Flows away - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Flows out - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Decreases - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Drops off - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Peters out - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes down - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Lessens - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Refluxes - used 11 times, most recently in 2004
- Goes back out - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Recedes like the tide - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Slackens - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Tapers off - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Trails off - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Eases off - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Pulls back - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Draws away from shore - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Falls away - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Flows back, as the tide - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Recedes to the sea - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Retrocedes - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Weakens, as support - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Gradually recedes - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Weakens - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Drops back - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Flags - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Flows out, as the tide - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Goes out to sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Recessions - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Fades to black - ENDS, used 12 times
- Fades - DIMS, used 6 times
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