Spread apart
The crossword clue "Spread apart" is answered by SPLAY, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. 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
SPLAY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPLAY answer page.
Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SPLAY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPLAY, most used first.
- Spread out - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Expand - used 7 times, most recently in 2001
- Spread apart, as fingers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Spread awkwardly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Spread out, as fingers - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Spread outward - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Turn outward - 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.
- Tears apart - RENDS, used 58 times
- Garlicky spread - AIOLI, used 38 times
- Spread around - STREW, used 22 times
- Western spread - RANCH, used 14 times
- Set apart - ALLOT, used 13 times
- Rips apart - RENDS, used 11 times
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