Winter falls
The crossword clue "Winter falls" is answered by SLEETS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. 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
SLEETS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLEETS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1974. 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 SLEETS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLEETS, most used first.
- Icy downpours - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Comes down hard? - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Cold showers? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Winter showers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Rains ice - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Precipitates icily - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Winter melon - CASABA, used 40 times
- Winter apple - RUSSET, used 30 times
- 1998 Winter Olympics site - NAGANO, used 24 times
- Winter vehicle - SNOCAT, used 24 times
- Winter Olympics event - SLALOM, used 14 times
- Winter weasel - ERMINE, used 11 times
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