Examines carefully
The crossword clue "Examines carefully" is answered by SIFTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIFTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIFTS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1977. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SIFTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIFTS, most used first.
- Makes finer - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Uses a sieve - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Prepares flour - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Searches (through) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Examines closely - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Screens. - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
- Sorts (through) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Winnows - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Separates, as flour - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Moved carefully - EASED, used 19 times
- Dress carefully - PREEN, used 18 times
- Moves carefully - EASES, used 18 times
- Consider carefully - WEIGH, used 14 times
- Studied carefully, with "over" - PORED, used 12 times
- Selects carefully - CULLS, used 10 times
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