Tiny openings
The crossword clue "Tiny openings" is answered by PORES, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PORES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PORES answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 8 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.
- PINHOLES (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for PORES
Every other clue in this collection answered by PORES, most used first.
- Skin openings - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny skin openings - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Skin features - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Sweat outlets - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Sponge features - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Small openings - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Tiny holes - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- "Tiny Bubbles" singer - DONHO, used 74 times
- Tiny amounts - IOTAS, used 67 times
- Tiny bits - IOTAS, used 59 times
- "Tiny Alice" playwright - ALBEE, used 56 times
- Narrow openings - SLITS, used 49 times
- Tiny amount - TRACE, used 22 times
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