Light (into)

The answer

RIP

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; 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 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.

• ASSAIL (10 uses in xd)
• LAMBASTE (2 uses in xd)
• LASHAT (2 uses in xd)
• ATTACK (1 uses in xd)
• REVILE (1 uses in xd)

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
• Dead letters? - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• 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
• 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

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.

• Ran into - MET, used 219 times
• Light brown - TAN, used 186 times
• Bumped into - MET, used 167 times
• Put into words - SAY, used 114 times
• Beam of light - RAY, used 94 times
• Light metal - TIN, used 76 times

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