Fabric flaws
The crossword clue "Fabric flaws" is answered by RIPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIPS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPS answer page.
Used 7 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPS, most used first.
- Tears - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
- Shreds - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Saws with the grain - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Tears apart - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Criticizes - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Splits - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Features of distressed jeans - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Tears roughly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Clothing mishaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Home run swings - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Severely criticizes - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Tears (up) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Netlike fabric - MESH, used 44 times
- Metallic fabric - LAME, used 40 times
- Delicate fabric - LACE, used 39 times
- Doily fabric - LACE, used 33 times
- Fabric worker - DYER, used 33 times
- Frilly fabric - LACE, used 31 times
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