Tears apart
The crossword clue "Tears apart" is answered by RIVES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RIVES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIVES answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RIVES
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIVES, most used first.
- Splits - used 16 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Tears - RENDS, used 65 times
- Tears apart - RENDS, used 58 times
- Tears down - RAZES, used 27 times
- Shed crocodile tears - EMOTE, used 22 times
- Tears into - HASAT, used 22 times
- Spread apart - SPLAY, used 19 times
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