Rip to shreds
The crossword clue "Rip to shreds" is answered by TEARUP, a 6-letter entry. Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TEARUP
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEARUP answer page.
Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for TEARUP
Every other clue in this collection answered by TEARUP, most used first.
- Shred - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Rip to pieces - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Rip into - TEARAT, used 20 times
- Rip again - RETEAR, used 10 times
- Rip off - FLEECE, used 10 times
- Ripped to shreds - TOREUP, used 10 times
- Try to rip open - TEARAT, used 10 times
- Rip off - DETACH, used 9 times
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