Wound covers
The crossword clue "Wound covers" is answered by SCABS, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCABS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCABS answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCABS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCABS, most used first.
- Strikebreakers - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Picket line crossers - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Signs of healing - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Union foes - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Strike defiers - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Wound up - TENSE, used 57 times
- Wound up - ENDED, used 43 times
- Pillow covers - SHAMS, used 42 times
- All wound up - TENSE, used 34 times
- Seed covers - ARILS, used 25 times
- Infield covers - TARPS, used 22 times
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