Separates
The crossword clue "Separates" is answered by SORTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SORTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORTS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 3 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.
- DETACHES (5 uses in xd)
- UNLINKS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SORTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SORTS, most used first.
- Classifies - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Varieties - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Types - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Kinds - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Out of ___ - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Categorizes - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Puts in order - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Alphabetizes, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Puts into piles - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Alphabetizes - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Classes - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Out of __; irritable - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Arranges - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Separates into stacks - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Alphabetizes, say - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Does a laundry chore - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Ilks - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Organizes - used 6 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.
- Separates, as flour - SIFTS, used 6 times
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