Catches a wave
The crossword clue "Catches a wave" is answered by SURFS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SURFS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SURFS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SURFS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SURFS, most used first.
- Rides the waves - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Hangs ten - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Kind of wave - TIDAL, used 74 times
- Top of a wave - CREST, used 58 times
- ___ wave - TIDAL, used 50 times
- Catches - SNAGS, used 27 times
- Catches sight of - SPOTS, used 22 times
- Catches one's breath - RESTS, used 20 times
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