Shreds
The crossword clue "Shreds" is answered by RIPS, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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.
- TEARSUP (4 uses in xd)
- RIPSUP (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for RIPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIPS, most used first.
- Tears - used 131 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
- Fabric flaws - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- 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.
- Tear to shreds - REND, used 19 times
- Rip to shreds - REND, used 11 times
- In shreds - TORN, used 9 times
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