Tattered and torn
The crossword clue "Tattered and torn" is answered by RATTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RATTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RATTY answer page.
Used 20 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 11 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.
- INSHREDS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RATTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by RATTY, most used first.
- Run-down - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Shabby - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Dilapidated - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Tattered - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Threadbare - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Unkempt - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Wretched - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Torn and tattered - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Well-worn - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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