Gathers leaves
The crossword clue "Gathers leaves" is answered by RAKES, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RAKES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAKES, most used first.
- Libertines - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
- Yard tools - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Croupiers' tools - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
- Garden tools - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Leaves out - OMITS, used 205 times
- Gathers - REAPS, used 40 times
- Leaves for lunch? - SALAD, used 39 times
- Gathered leaves - RAKED, used 30 times
- Leaves - EXITS, used 25 times
- Book leaves - PAGES, used 23 times
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