Relieves (of)

The answer

RIDS

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

Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 8 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
• 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
• Gets free (of) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• ___ avis - RARA, used 650 times
• Costa ___ - RICA, used 436 times
• Depend (on) - RELY, used 417 times
• Harvest - REAP, used 415 times
• Pro ___ - RATA, used 411 times
• Make over - REDO, used 404 times

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