Plumbing woe
The crossword clue "Plumbing woe" is answered by LEAK, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. 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
LEAK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEAK answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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.
- DRAINCLOG (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Cause of a dripping pipe - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- "Woe is me!" - ALAS, used 255 times
- Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
- Eyelid woe - STYE, used 131 times
- "Woe ___!" - ISME, used 122 times
- "Oh, woe!" - ALAS, used 71 times
- Plumbing problem - DRIP, used 68 times
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