Like some promises
The crossword clue "Like some promises" is answered by EMPTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EMPTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMPTY answer page.
Used 10 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1973. It appears in 7 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.
- UNKEPT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for EMPTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMPTY, most used first.
- Vacant - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Meaningless - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Containing nothing - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Unoccupied - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Drain - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- "E" on a gas gauge - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Vacuous - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Ready for a refill - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Void - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Blank - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Depleted - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Opposite of full - 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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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