Crossword clues - Answer
SIFTS
SIFTS is a 5-letter crossword answer with 10 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 105 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIFTS
SIFTS
5Letters
10Clues in collection
105Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year
Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Every clue for SIFTS in this collection
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- Makes finer - used 16 times across 11 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Uses a sieve - used 16 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Prepares flour - used 14 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Searches (through) - used 13 times across 10 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Examines carefully - used 9 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2021
- Examines closely - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2014
- Screens. - used 8 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2001
- Sorts (through) - used 8 times across 8 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Winnows - used 7 times across 7 distinct years, most recently in 2007
- Separates, as flour - used 6 times across 6 distinct years, most recently in 2026
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