Blows gently
The crossword clue "Blows gently" is answered by WAFTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WAFTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WAFTS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WAFTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WAFTS, most used first.
- Floats through the air - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Floats on the breeze - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Floats gently - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Floats - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Floats, as an aroma - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Rides the breeze - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Big blows - GALES, used 23 times
- Sponge gently - DABAT, used 20 times
- Blows a gasket - RAGES, used 13 times
- Blot gently - DABAT, used 11 times
- Wash gently against - LAPAT, used 10 times
- Blows one's horn - TOOTS, used 9 times
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