"When it ___, it pours"
The crossword clue ""When it ___, it pours"" is answered by RAINS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAINS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAINS answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- 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
- Pours down - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- "When pigs fly!" - NEVER, used 99 times
- "When You Wish Upon __" - ASTAR, used 39 times
- When expected - ONCUE, used 26 times
- When prompted - ONCUE, used 25 times
- Pours - TEEMS, used 20 times
- "___ when?" - SINCE, used 14 times
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