Gaping holes
The crossword clue "Gaping holes" is answered by MAWS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MAWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAWS, most used first.
- Gaping mouths - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Gullets - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
- Big mouths - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Needle holes - EYES, used 27 times
- Holes in one - ACES, used 16 times
- Cubby holes? - DENS, used 13 times
- Shoe with holes - CROC, used 12 times
- Watering holes - BARS, used 12 times
- Poke holes in - STAB, used 8 times
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