Decreases in strength
The crossword clue "Decreases in strength" is answered by WANES, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. 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
WANES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WANES answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WANES
Every other clue in this collection answered by WANES, most used first.
- Declines - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Diminishes - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Ebbs - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Subsides - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Decreases - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Drops off - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Tapers off - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dwindles - used 6 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.
- Strength - SINEW, used 45 times
- Muscular strength - SINEW, used 39 times
- Symbol of strength - STEEL, used 27 times
- Strength - MIGHT, used 25 times
- Strength - FORTE, used 24 times
- Strength - POWER, used 15 times
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