Tips
The crossword clue "Tips" is answered by HINTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. 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
HINTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HINTS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1967. 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.
- GRATUITIES (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for HINTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HINTS, most used first.
- Clues - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Pointers - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Suggestions - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Helpful tips - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Intimations - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Helpful clues - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Intimates - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Help for the stumped - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Subtle suggestions - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Tips off - WARNS, used 15 times
- Q-tips, e.g. - SWABS, used 12 times
- Blades with guarded tips - EPEES, used 7 times
- Tips, as one's hat - DOFFS, used 6 times
- Tips of ears - LOBES, used 6 times
- Tips of the ears - LOBES, used 6 times
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