___ over (read carefully)

The answer

PORE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PORE answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.

• PORED (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for PORE

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

• Skin opening - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny skin opening - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny opening - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Minute opening - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Skin feature - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Dermal opening - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Sponge opening - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Sponge feature - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrutinize, with "over" - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Sweat spot - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Epidermal opening - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Study, with "over" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Sweat source - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Hit the books - used 10 times, most recently in 1992
• Read closely (over) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Hole in the head? - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Opening - used 9 times, most recently in 1997
• Opening for a dermatologist - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Orifice - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Small opening - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Pumice feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Read closely, with "over" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Leaf opening - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Ponder - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Ponder (over) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Read (over) - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Study intently (with "over") - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Hole in your head - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Study (over). - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Sweat outlet - 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.

• Make over - REDO, used 404 times
• All over again - ANEW, used 269 times
• Over again - ANEW, used 247 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
• Hand over - CEDE, used 187 times
• Watch over - TEND, used 139 times

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