Cross a shallow creek

The answer

WADE

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for WADE

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

• Walk through water - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Walk in water - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Get one's feet wet - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Test the waters - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Walk in shallow water - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• 13-time NBA All-Star Dwyane ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• 1973 Supreme Court decision name - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Get your feet wet - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Use hip boots - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Use the kiddie pool - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Boggs of baseball - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Walk in ankle-deep water - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Enjoy the kiddie pool - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Ford - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• Stroll in the shallows - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Slog (through) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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