It's full of holes
The crossword clue "It's full of holes" is answered by SIEVE, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SIEVE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIEVE answer page.
Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 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.
- COLANDER (1 uses in xd)
- GOLFCOURSE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SIEVE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIEVE, most used first.
- Strainer - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Kitchen strainer - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Colander - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- It won't hold water - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- It doesn't hold water - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Kitchen utensil - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Colander's kin - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Holey utensil - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Colander kin - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Sifter - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Full of energy - ALIVE, used 109 times
- "It's a Wonderful Life" director - CAPRA, used 85 times
- Full range - GAMUT, used 77 times
- At full speed - AMAIN, used 76 times
- Full - SATED, used 58 times
- With full force - AMAIN, used 58 times
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