Dead letters?

The answer

RIP

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIP answer page.

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RIP

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

• Tear - used 317 times, most recently in 2026
• Shred - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Wardrobe malfunction - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "Let 'er ___!" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Van Winkle - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Tear apart - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Upholstery problem - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Torn - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• Fabric flaw - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Tombstone letters - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Grave letters? - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
• Rend - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Criticize - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Headstone letters - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Tear up - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Irving character - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Criticize harshly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabric tear - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Feature of distressed jeans - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Gravestone letters - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Irving hero. - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
• Split - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tatter - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Challenge for a tailor - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of cord - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• Kind of tide - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Lacerate - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Lambaste - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Make a tear in - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Roaring start? - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Criticize severely - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Fabric mishap - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Pants problem - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Job for a tailor - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Mr. Van Winkle - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Pull apart - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Rent - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Upholstery flaw - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Final letters? - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Letters on a tombstone - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Light (into) - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Long sleeper - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Patch target - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Put a tear in - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• __-roaring - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Saw with the grain - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Torn or Taylor - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Van Winkle of legend - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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