Umbrella spokes

The answer

RIBS

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RIBS

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

• Teases - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbecue fare - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
• Umbrella parts - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Barbecue order - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbecue entree - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Kids - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Pokes fun at - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Bones in a cage - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Joshes - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Makes fun of - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Barbecue servings - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Cookout fare - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Some are prime - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Steakhouse order - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Chest bones - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• "___ Smile Be Your Umbrella" - LETA, used 70 times
• "Umbrella" singer, to fans - RIRI, used 10 times
• Large umbrella - GAMP, used 9 times
• Umbrella weather - RAIN, used 9 times
• "The Umbrella Academy" actor Elliot - PAGE, used 7 times
• Reason to pack an umbrella - RAIN, used 6 times

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