Garden tools
The crossword clue "Garden tools" is answered by RAKES, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAKES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAKES answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1952. 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.
- WEEDERS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for RAKES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAKES, most used first.
- Libertines - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Gathers leaves - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Yard tools - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Croupiers' tools - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Tools with teeth - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Leaf-gathering tools - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Autumn tools - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lawn tools - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Autumn implements - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Tools for croupiers - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Zen garden tools - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Garden pest - APHID, used 86 times
- Madison Square Garden, e.g. - ARENA, used 67 times
- Garden tool - SPADE, used 60 times
- Garden starters - SEEDS, used 33 times
- Tools for duels - EPEES, used 31 times
- Rose garden pest - APHID, used 29 times
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