Rip apart

The answer

TEAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEAR answer page.

Used 25 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 7 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.

• REND (74 uses in xd)
• TEARUP (3 uses in xd)
• MAUL (2 uses in xd)
• TEARAT (2 uses in xd)
• TEARINTO (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for TEAR

Every other clue in this collection answered by TEAR, most used first.

• Rip - used 248 times, most recently in 2026
• Eye drop - used 135 times, most recently in 2026
• Rend - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Sign of sorrow - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Salty drop - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Spree - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
• Pull apart - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Glum drop? - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Rip (up) - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Binge - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Bender - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
• Rent - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Shred - used 22 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.

• Tear apart - REND, used 207 times
• Take apart - UNDO, used 78 times
• Rip apart - REND, used 74 times
• Pulled apart - TORE, used 71 times
• Tear apart - RIVE, used 53 times
• Split apart - REND, used 43 times

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