Dentist's direction

The answer

RINSE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RINSE answer page.

Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 9 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.

• OPEN (2 uses in xd)
• FLOSS (1 uses in xd)
• OPENWIDE (1 uses in xd)
• SPIT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RINSE

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

• Washer cycle - used 165 times, most recently in 2026
• Dishwasher cycle - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Washing machine cycle - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Dentist's directive - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Wash cycle - used 34 times, most recently in 2022
• Lather, ___, repeat - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Wash out. - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Dentist's request - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Wash lightly - used 27 times, most recently in 2016
• Laundry cycle - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Wash off - used 23 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Stage direction - ENTER, used 165 times
• Nautical direction - APORT, used 37 times
• Script direction - ENTER, used 33 times
• ___ in the right direction - ASTEP, used 27 times
• Dentist's tool - DRILL, used 22 times
• General direction - TREND, used 22 times

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