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MAINS

5 letters - 7 clues in this collection

MAINS is a 5-letter crossword answer with 7 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 76 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

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MAINS

MAINS

5Letters
7Clues in collection
76Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for MAINS in this collection

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  • Big pipes - used 16 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2023
  • Conduits - used 14 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 1992
  • Water pipes - used 13 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Large water pipes - used 9 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Principal pipes - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2022
  • Water carriers - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2017
  • Water conduits - used 8 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2020

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with M.

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  • MERIT - 5 letters, 619 combined xd usages, 26 clues in this collection
  • MAORI - 5 letters, 520 combined xd usages, 22 clues in this collection
  • MATTE - 5 letters, 495 combined xd usages, 19 clues in this collection
  • MEANT - 5 letters, 461 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
  • MANIA - 5 letters, 451 combined xd usages, 17 clues in this collection
  • MESSY - 5 letters, 439 combined xd usages, 24 clues in this collection
  • MOLAR - 5 letters, 416 combined xd usages, 15 clues in this collection

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