Cause of a dripping pipe
The crossword clue "Cause of a dripping pipe" is answered by LEAK, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
LEAK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAK answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for LEAK
Every other clue in this collection answered by LEAK, most used first.
- Plumbing problem - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
- Faucet problem - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Security breach - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Security problem - used 24 times, most recently in 2021
- Pipe problem - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Hose problem - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Roof problem - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Security concern - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Plumber's concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Plumbing woe - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Job for a plumber - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Reporter's source - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Air mattress problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Breach of secrecy - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- News source? - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Secrecy breach - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Security issue - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Tap trouble - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Unauthorized disclosure - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Faucet drip - 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.
- Pipe part - STEM, used 101 times
- Cause of ruin - BANE, used 43 times
- "Pipe down!" - HUSH, used 35 times
- Underlying cause - ROOT, used 33 times
- Pipe bends - ELLS, used 29 times
- Chimney pipe - FLUE, used 25 times
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