Gets free (of)

The answer

RIDS

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

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RIDS

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

• Disencumbers - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Frees (of) - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Clears (of) - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Purges - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Clears - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Frees - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Eliminates - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Relieves (of) - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Disposes (of) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Frees from - used 15 times, most recently in 2003
• Purges (of) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Unburdens - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Relieves - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Divests - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Empties (of) - used 6 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• "Born Free" lioness - ELSA, used 212 times
• Gets older - AGES, used 136 times
• Free ticket - PASS, used 58 times
• Clutter-free - NEAT, used 56 times
• Gets hitched - WEDS, used 53 times
• Gets the picture - SEES, used 51 times

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