Trenches

The answer

RUTS

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

Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2014. It appears in 1 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.

• DITCHES (1 uses in xd)
• SAPS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RUTS

Every other clue in this collection answered by RUTS, most used first.

• Grooves - used 40 times, most recently in 2023
• Boring routines - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Furrows - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Dull routines - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Road grooves - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Monotonous routines - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Wheel tracks - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Dead-end jobs - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Dirt road grooves - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Tire tracks - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiresome routines - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Road furrows - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Road hazards - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Tedious routines - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Daily grinds - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dirt road features - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Dirt road hazards - used 7 times, most recently in 2022

Related clues

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• Costa ___ - RICA, used 436 times
• Depend (on) - RELY, used 417 times
• Harvest - REAP, used 415 times
• Pro ___ - RATA, used 411 times
• Make over - REDO, used 404 times

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