Like the Reaper
The crossword clue "Like the Reaper" is answered by GRIM, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GRIM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GRIM answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GRIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by GRIM, most used first.
- Bleak - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Forbidding - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Gloomy - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Not looking good - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Somber - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Hardly rosy - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ominous - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Unsmiling - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dismal - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Far from rosy - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Harsh - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- 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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