Opens wide
The crossword clue "Opens wide" is answered by GAPES, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1970. 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
GAPES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GAPES answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GAPES
Every other clue in this collection answered by GAPES, most used first.
- Stares open-mouthed - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Stares stupidly - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Stares - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
- Stares in shock - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stares slack-jawed - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Stares in wonder - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Stares in amazement - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Yawns - used 8 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.
- Wide awake - ALERT, used 129 times
- Wide open - AGAPE, used 83 times
- Wide - BROAD, used 51 times
- Wide tie - ASCOT, used 34 times
- Wide variety - ARRAY, used 26 times
- Wide necktie - ASCOT, used 20 times
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