Pours down

The answer

RAINS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAINS answer page.

Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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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• CASCADES (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAINS

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

• Comes down - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Pours - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Monsoon weather - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Showers - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Drizzles or pours - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "When it ___, it pours" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Claude - used 9 times, most recently in 2001
• April forecasts - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Downpours - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Claude of "Casablanca" - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• More than drizzles - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Reservoir fillers - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Casablanca" actor - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Cloudbursts - used 6 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.

• Wear down - ERODE, used 180 times
• Run-down - SEEDY, used 178 times
• Weighed down - LADEN, used 122 times
• Duck down - EIDER, used 83 times
• Die down - ABATE, used 82 times
• Bogged down - MIRED, used 73 times

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