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Unbends

Answer: THAWS - 5 letters

The crossword clue "Unbends" is answered by THAWS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.

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THAWS

THAWS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the THAWS answer page.

7Times used
7Distinct years
2002Most recent year
2Publications

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for THAWS

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

  • Defrosts - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
  • Melts - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
  • Starts to melt - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
  • Unfreezes - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
  • Warms up - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
  • Liquefies - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
  • Spring events - used 7 times, most recently in 2015

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