Ruin's partner

The answer

RACK

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1962. 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

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• WRACK (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for RACK

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

• Pool tool - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Pool hall triangle - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Spice holder - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Poolroom prop - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Pool accessory - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• 15-ball cluster - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ of lamb - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Pool triangle - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Spice-jar holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Billiards accessory - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Pinion's partner - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Currier's partner - IVES, used 222 times
• Partner - MATE, used 86 times
• Ollie's partner - STAN, used 83 times
• Dance partner? - SONG, used 67 times
• Radius partner - ULNA, used 66 times
• Sciences' partner - ARTS, used 64 times

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