Straw in the wind
The crossword clue "Straw in the wind" is answered by OMEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 40 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
OMEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OMEN answer page.
Used 40 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 10 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.
- PORTENT (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for OMEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by OMEN, most used first.
- Portent - used 344 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign of the future - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign of things to come - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
- Augury - used 143 times, most recently in 2022
- Foreboding sign - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Warning sign - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Prophetic sign - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbinger - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Black cat, to some - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Foretoken - used 38 times, most recently in 2016
- Broken mirror, to some - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Troubling sign - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Foreshadowing - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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