Sudden outpourings
The crossword clue "Sudden outpourings" is answered by SPATES, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPATES
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPATES answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPATES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPATES, most used first.
- Outpourings - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Floods - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Freshets - used 7 times, most recently in 1991
- Sudden bursts - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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