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Shred

Answer: REND - 4 letters

The crossword clue "Shred" is answered by REND, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

The answer

REND

REND

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

9Times used
9Distinct years
2024Most recent year
5Publications

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.

Other clues for REND

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

  • Tear - used 216 times, most recently in 2026
  • Tear apart - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
  • Rip apart - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
  • Split - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
  • Split apart - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
  • Tear asunder - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
  • Tear to bits - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
  • Cleave - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
  • Tear to pieces - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
  • Sunder - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
  • Pull apart - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
  • Tear up - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
  • Tear to shreds - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
  • Tear violently - used 19 times, most recently in 2021
  • Divide - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
  • Rip - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
  • Rip to shreds - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
  • Rip to bits - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
  • Rip roughly - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
  • Rip up - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
  • Rive - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
  • Tear in two - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
  • Lacerate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
  • Separate with force - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
  • Sever - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
  • Tear into pieces - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

  • Shred - TEAR, used 22 times
  • Shred - IOTA, used 12 times
  • Shred. - SNIP, used 8 times
  • Shred. - WISP, used 8 times

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