Straws in the wind
The crossword clue "Straws in the wind" is answered by OMENS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
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OMENS
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Used 17 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OMENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OMENS, most used first.
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- Foreboding signs - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Signs to heed - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Warning signs - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbingers - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
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- Forebodings - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
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- Broken mirrors, to some - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Foretokens - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Troubling signs - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad signs - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Foreshadowings - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Good or bad signs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Signs of what's to come - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Meaningful signs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Portentous signs - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Predictive signs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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