Clean, as a pipe

The answer

REAM

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REAM answer page.

Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for REAM

Every other clue in this collection answered by REAM, most used first.

• Paper quantity - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• 500 sheets - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• 500 sheets of paper - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Paper measure - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• Paper purchase - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Twenty quires - used 45 times, most recently in 2021
• Package of paper - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Enlarge a hole - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Quantity of paper - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Paper pack - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• 20 quires - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Paper package - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew (out) - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Paper unit - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Enlarge, as a hole - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Countersink - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Set of sheets - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Clean a pipe - used 13 times, most recently in 2007
• Paper buy - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Enlarge, in a way - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Paper order - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Pack of paper - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Paper amount - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Bevel out - used 10 times, most recently in 1987
• Copier paper order - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Staples purchase - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Bulk paper purchase - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bawl (out) - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Enlarge - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
• Package of copier paper - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Stationer's order - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Pipe part - STEM, used 101 times
• Come clean, with "up" - FESS, used 63 times
• ___ up (come clean) - FESS, used 37 times
• With a clean slate - ANEW, used 36 times
• "Pipe down!" - HUSH, used 35 times
• Tabula ___ (clean slate) - RASA, used 32 times

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