Tends (toward)

The answer

LEANS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LEANS answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1987. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LEANS

Every other clue in this collection answered by LEANS, most used first.

• Inclines - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
• Tilts - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Lists - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Isn't straight - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Slants - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Isn't quite vertical - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Relies (on) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Is inclined - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Tilts a little - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tends - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tilts a bit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tilts to one side - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Depends (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Has a bias - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Isn't upright - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Toward the stern - ABAFT, used 46 times
• Charged toward - RANAT, used 43 times
• Toward the back - AREAR, used 42 times
• Point toward - AIMAT, used 37 times
• Rushed toward - RANAT, used 22 times
• Charge toward - RUNAT, used 18 times

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