Tools with teeth

The answer

RAKES

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

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 7 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.

• SAWS (55 uses in xd)
• COMBS (1 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
• Garden tools - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
• Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
• Connect with - TIETO, used 87 times
• Go with the flow - ADAPT, used 77 times
• Grind, as teeth - GNASH, used 76 times
• Change with the times - ADAPT, used 72 times

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