Tears apart

The answer

RIPS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIPS answer page.

Used 13 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.

• RENDS (58 uses in xd)
• RIVES (8 uses in xd)
• LACERATES (1 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
• Shreds - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Saws with the grain - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• 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 apart - REND, used 207 times
• Take apart - UNDO, used 78 times
• Rip apart - REND, used 74 times
• Pulled apart - TORE, used 71 times
• Shed tears - WEEP, used 54 times
• Tear apart - RIVE, used 53 times

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