Ruin
The crossword clue "Ruin" is answered by SPOIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 39 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SPOIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPOIL answer page.
Used 39 times across 25 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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